Mystics and Militants: Medieval Women Writers
ENGL 232
Spring 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 238, FGSS 224 |
In this class we will read a wide range of works written by European women between c. 1100-1500, including courtly, religious, and polemical texts. The course will explore ideologies of gender in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period and examine the ways in which our authors confronted the misogynist discourses of their eras with learning and imagination. We will consider such topics as constructions of sexuality and the body, "courtly love," mystical experience, heresy, humanism, utopian realms. In short, we'll read works by women who created their own forms of authority, and in doing so both influenced and defied the authorities of their time. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing
Students will improve their writing skills through frequent short assignments as well as longer essays.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature)(FGSS)(MDST-MN)(MDST)(MDST-Art/Arch)(MDST-History)(MDST-Lang/Lit)(MDST-Phil/Reli) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Works by Héloise, Marie de France, Hildegard of Bingent, Catherine of Siena, Marguerite Porete, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Christine de Pizan, Joan of Arc, et al.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two substantial papers (one 5-6 pp, one 8-10 pp), weekly response papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Literary History I and Literatures of Difference requirements for the English major and contributes toward the fulfillment of the British Literature concentration. |
| Instructor(s): Nisse,Ruth Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC125; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: X |
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