Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Surrey
Course Title:
Medieval Women's Writing
Course Number:
ELI3056
Course Description:
This module explores the centrality of texts written by and for medieval women to both the history of medieval literature and to women’s literary history. Students will be introduced to a range of works written for and about women in England between the 11th and 15th centuries and will examine in detail the major female authors writing from the 12th to the 15th centuries, such as the courtly writer Marie de France, the English woman mystic Julian of Norwich, and the visionary Margery Kempe. Texts will be read either in Middle English or in modernized versions, or (in the case of texts written in the French of the English, in translation). The module will explore a range of literary forms and genres, including saints’ lives, romance and lais, mystical and visionary writing and women’s letters. Students will be asked to critically analyse and/or engage creatively with the texts, paying attention
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
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