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Academic Year 2000/2001
Medieval Love: Desire in Language
COL 286 FA
Love in the Middle Ages was both a private experience and a public contest whose players were Social Status, Religious Obligation and Sexual Desire. We investigate the development of this contest in its classical period
by concentrating primarily on the
literature of French-speaking countries in the 12th and 13th centuries. In addition to primary-source readings (in translation), we consider the perspectives of cultural historians such as Marc Bloch and Georges Duby
and of poststructuralist critical
theorists such as Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva.
MAJOR READINGS
Abelard and Heloise, THE LETTERS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE Bernard of Clairvaux, ON THE SONG OF SONGS Guillaume IX, Jaufre Rudel, Bernard de Ventadorn, LYRICS OF THE MALE TROUBADOURS Tibors, Countess of Dia,
Castelloza, THE WOMEN TROUBADOURS
Chretien de Troyes, ARTHURIAN ROMANCES: LANCELOT Marie de France, THE LAIS OF MARIE DE FRANCE Andreas Capellanus, THE ART OF COURTLY LOVE Gottfried von Strassbourg, TRISTAN
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Thoughtful preparation, dedicated participation in class discussion, two interpretive essays and one creative project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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