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Academic Year 2000/2001

Love, War and the Desire for God: Medieval Literature, 800-1400
GERM 278 FA
Crosslistings:
COL 280

This course will present a selection of oral and written literature of the Middle Ages, concentrating on three areas: the (originally) largely oral literature of the heroic epic and the Norse sagas; the courtly literature from around the year 1200, including the courtly romances and the courtly love-song; and selections from the later Middle Ages. Themes examined will be order and disorder, profane love, spirituality, orality, literacy.

MAJOR READINGS

BEOWULF
THE NIBELUNGENLIED
NJAL'S SAGA
THE SONG OF ROLAND
Courtly romances of Chretien de Troyes, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Wolfram von Eschenbach
A selection of songs of the troubadours, trouveres, and minnesaenger
Boccaccio's DECAMERON
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four short papers, a mid-semester examination and a final examination.

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/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA GERM    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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