Medieval Literature

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

Translation of syllabus course description: This literature course has the objective of making the students aware of the intellectual universe of the Middle Ages, to the diverse cultural concepts at the origin and flourishing of a vernacular literature in France. The exposition of works and extracts illustrating the 'chanson de geste,' courtly literature, satirical literature, religious theater, comic theater, lyric poetry and didactic will allow the student to develop his or her capacities of critical analysis by forming pertinent links between literary history, the context, and questions of language.