Mystics and Militants: Medieval Women Writers
ENGL 232
Spring 2025
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01
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 238, FGSS 224, RL&L 231 |
In this class we will read a wide range of works written by European women between ca. 1100--1400, including courtly, devotional, and polemical texts. The course will explore ideologies of gender in the Middle Ages and examine the ways in which our authors confronted the antifeminist discourses of their eras with learning and imagination. We will consider such topics as constructions of sexuality and the body, "courtly love," mystical religious experience, heresies, humanism, and utopian realms. In short, we will 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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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| 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: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Works by Marie de France, Héloise and Abelard, Hildegard of Bingen, Hadewijch, Catherine of Siena, Marguerite Porete, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Christine de Pizan.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly Moodle Blog Posts; Midterm Paper; Final Paper or Project |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: British Literature, Literary History I. |
| Instructor(s): Nisse,Ruth Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY200; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 0 |
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