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Queer Knights: The Romance of Lancelot and Galehaut
FREN232 SP

Crosslistings: MDST232

The early thirteenth-century LANCELOT DU LAC was one of the cornerstones of medieval literature and its description of the enduring relationship between the young Lancelot and the older King Galehaut has been called the greatest medieval portrait of a homoerotic relationship. We will study this description in the light both of medieval notions of male friendship and modern notions about medieval homosexuality with an eye to discovering the ways we use old stories to think about contemporary life and enlarge and enrich our understanding of it.

MAJOR READINGS

LANCELOT DU LAC
Cicero, L'AMITIE
Aelred of Rievaulx, SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP
John Boswell, CHRISTIANITY, SOCIAL TOLERANCE, AND HOMOSEXUALITY: GAY PEOPLE IN WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
Jean Frappier, "Le Personnage de Galehaut dans le Lancelot en prose."
Michael Goodich, THE UNMENTIONABLE VICE: HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE LATER MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Philippe Menard, "Galehaut, prince conquerant dans le Lancelot en prose."
Gretchen Mieszkowski, "The Prose Lancelot's Galehot, Malory's Lavain, and the Queering of Late Medieval Literature"
Jacques Roubaud, "Galehaut et l'Eros melancolique: Une Fiction rhetorique"

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course is taught in French. Most readings and all written assignments and class discussions will be in French. Students should have completed FREN 223, FREN 224 or another upper-level course before enrolling in this one.

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 RLAN    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Rider,Jeff    
Times: ..T.T.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: FISK404
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 20)
SR. major: 10   Jr. major: 10
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Focused Inquiry Course

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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