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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2021 |
Registration ID | COMLH301B001 |
Course Title | Topics in Middle English: Racing Romance, Black Knights and White Cannibals |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | McInerney,Maud |
Times and Days | MTh 02:40pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | STO106 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2677 This seminar will explore the rebirth of classical texts in the Middle Ages in the light of Paul Ricoeur’s insistence upon the power of both history and fiction to reconfigure time itself. We will engage questions about the mythic past as a ground from which historic dynasties reinvent their own futures, the imaginary East of Alexander (and the Crusades?) as site of fascination and projection, the narrative temporalities of history, epic and romance, the invention of female subjectivity, the queerness of chivalry, etc. Our focus will be on medieval texts, some in Middle English, but no prior knowledge of Middle English is required. ; Crosslisted: English, Comparative Literature; Prerequisite(s): Two courses in ENGL at the 200 level or instructor consent; Enrollment Limit: 15 Div: III; Humanities (; Hav: HU) |
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