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Academic Year 2001/2002

Medieval Love: Desire in Language
COL 286 SP

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, but not exclusively, 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 and literary historians such as Marc Bloch, Georges Duby, an d Joan Ferrante, and of critical theorists such as Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Weissman,Hope P.   

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: BTFDC314

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 24)

SR. major: 4   Jr. major: 4

SR. non-major: 3   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: 6   FR: 4

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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