Romance in Medieval England

Undergraduate

This course explores the diverse and elusive genre we now call “romance,” a capacious term that covers anything from chivalric adventures and love stories to quasi-hagiographic and pseudo-historical narratives, from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives. Readings may include Middle English and Anglo-Normal romances such as Tristan , Havelock and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , and selections from later Arthurian narratives.