Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
The Shock of the New: Medieval Literature
Course Number:
ENG00106I
Course Description:
The medieval period (1100–1500) was a time of remarkable innovation and transformation, with a legacy that endures to this day. Successive waves of immigration created a melting pot of peoples and languages in Britain. At the same time, individuals wrestled with the discovery of new worlds, both externally and within themselves. Travel, the crusades, and territorial conquest brought men and women into contact with strange and distant cultures. Advances in learning raised new questions about the nature of the self, man's relationship to the natural world, and the human capacity for love. The creative response to this dizzying series of developments is one of the most captivating, shocking, and exciting episodes in the history of English literature. Medieval authors drew deeply on the multicultural legacy of the Anglo-Saxon past and blended this with new literary, spiritual, and scientific ideas from elsewhere in Europe and beyond. Ancient texts were rediscovered and
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/ENG00106I/latest
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