GERM278

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GERM278

Love, War and the Desire for God: Medieval Literature, 800 - 1400 GERM278 FA

Crosslistings: COL 280

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      14         6

A selection of oral and written literature of the Middle Ages, concentrating on three areas: 1) the (originally) largely oral literature of the heroic epic and the Norse sagas; 2) the courtly literature of around the year 1200, including the courtly romances and the courtly love-song; and 3) selections from the latter 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.

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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA GERM

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Frenzel, P; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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