| Course Title: The Literature of the Later Middle Ages |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: This course will examine a variety of English works and genres written in the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries. Our concentration will be principally on the Gawain-poet, Chaucer, Langland, Margery Kempe, and Lydgate. Most of our readings are in Middle English. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Wesley Yu | 413-538-2825 | wyu@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 318 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-199. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets the English department's legacy pre-1700 requirement. |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENGL0001 | ENGL-HP: Literary History and Period | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Literary History and Period Disciplinary Perspectives requirement. |
| MEDST0001 | MEDST: Medieval Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Medieval Studies major and/or minor. |
| MEDST0001 | MEDST: Medieval Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Medieval Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 15 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Broadview Anthology: The Medieval Period Author: Black, Joseph Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781551119656 Publisher: |
Required | 56.95 |
| Title: Piers Plowman: An Alliterative Verse Translation Author: Langland, William Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0393960110 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 19.06 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |