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Academic Year 2001/2002

The Medieval Literature of Northern Europe, 800-1400
GERM 278 FA
Crosslistings:
COL 280
MDST 279

The course will treat a representative sampling of the oral and written literature of the early, high, and waning Middle Ages, including heroic poetry, the courtly tradition, Celtic tales, and Norse sagas. All will be loosely linked by the themes of loyalty and order/disorder.

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: 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-19-2002

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