Early Medieval Literature

3–5 credits · Undergraduate

In this course students read, in translation, literature from the early medieval period (450-1100) from several different language traditions, including English, French, German, Norse, and Latin. Students will learn how this literature is determined by the transition from oral to written storytelling, the interplay of pagan folklore and Roman Catholicism, the social attitudes of the time and place, early medieval aesthetics and philosophy, etc.