Medieval Lit

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course offers a survey or focused case study in the literature of the medieval period (c. 500-1500 CE), one of the most dynamic and contested periods in the history of culture. In this period key aspects of the modern world —defintions of the human, relationships among social classes and cultures, the boundaries and meaning of the natural world, among others—were still in formation or had yet to seem natural, making it a key site of study both for its own sake, and for any full understanding of the contemporary world. Please see section description for specific topics and approaches.