Medieval Ethnicities and Ethnographies
ENGL 353
Fall 2017 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 353 |
| Certificates: Jewish and Israel Studies |
This course concerns the invention of premodern ideas of ethnicity and race. Our focus will be on a selection of medieval texts dealing with the encounters--real and imaginary--of Western European Christians with Jews, Muslims, and other cultures. The readings will begin historically with the Crusades and the chronicles written by Christian, Muslim, and Jewish authors. Other genres will include religious polemics, autobiographical narratives of religious conversion, and travel accounts by missionaries and spies. We will also read some early "ethnographic" writings such as Gerald of Wales's HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF IRELAND and Mandeville's TRAVELS. The greater part of the course will deal with literary texts--romances, plays, and lyrics--but we will take a truly cultural-studies approach to this material. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CJST-MN)(CSCT)(ENGL)(MDST)(MDST-Art/Arch)(MDST-History)(MDST-Lang/Lit)(MDST-Phil/Reli) |
Major Readings:
Christian, Muslim and Jewish Crusader Chronicles
Usamah Ibn Munquidh, The Book of Contemplation
The Song of Roland
The Quest for the Holy Grail
The Barcelona Disputation
Mandeville's Travels
The King of Tars
William of Rubruck, Journey to the Mongol Empire
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two formal papers, weekly writing responses, one class presentation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Literatures of Difference and Literary History I requirements and contributes to the Theory and Literary Forms concentration of the English major. |
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