Medieval Studies

Courses

Courses with * fulfill
General Education requirements

(A-AP) = Arts - Applied

(A-TH) = Arts -
Theoretical/Historical

(A-AR) = Analytical -
Abstract Reasoning

(A-QR) = Analytical -
Quantitative Reasoning

(CP) = Comparative Practices

(D-D) = Diversity - Domestic

(D-I) = Diversity - International

(D-L) = Diversity - Language

(ES) = Earlham Seminar

(IP) = Interpretive Practices

(SI) = Scientific Inquiry

(W) = Wellness

(AY) = Offered in Alternative Year

ENG 351 MIDDLE ENGLISH
LITERATURE (4 credits)
A study of Old and Middle English literature, from the 8th- to mid 15th-century. Examines different genres such as dream visions, romances, plays, lyric poetry, epic and estates satire in the context of medieval philosophy, religion, science and politics. Explores how different contemporary critical theories approach medieval texts and different ways of viewing literature of the past. Authors may include the Beowulf-poet, the Gawain-poet, other anonymous poets including Arthurian poets, Chaucer, Margery Kempe, William Langland, Julian of Norwich, Marie de France and Gower. Prerequisite: ENG 302.

ENG 352 RENAISSANCE ENGLISH LITERATURE (4 credits)
A study of late 15th- to mid 17th-century British literature, focusing on the Tudor-Stuart era. Uses a range of poetry, prose and drama to explore literary, religious, social and political debates of the period. Emphasizes reading historically, reconstructing as far as possible a culturally distant world and putting findings in dialog with a sense of our own time. Authors may include Thomas Wyatt, Thomas More, Philip Sidney, Mary Herbert, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, Mary Wroth, Ben Jonson and George Herbert. Prerequisite: ENG 302.

*REL 340 HISTORICAL CHRISTIANITY (4 credits)
Examines the sweep of Christianity prior to the European Enlightenment. Focuses on the ways of being religious through the centuries. Topics include early martyrs, early thinkers such as Augustine, medieval monasticism and mysticism, scholasticism and the various reforms of the 16th century. Prerequisite: An Interpretive Practices course, REL 130 or 240. (CP)

SPAN 456 PENINSULAR NARRATIVE (4 credits)
Focuses on readings and discussion of selected authors and/or narrative literary movements in Spain organized around a special topic. May be taken more than once if topics vary. Prerequisite: At least one course at or above SPAN 352 or consent of the instructor. Offered Fall Semester.