LIT-337 Medieval Women and the Written Word-- Methods
How did medieval women authors engage with a literary tradition that too often, as 14th c. writer Christine de Pizan lamented, declared that "female nature is wholly given up to vice"? Readings from English and French authors including Christine, Marie de France, Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, and Geoffrey Chaucer; anonymous tales of women saints, cross-dressing knights, and disobedient wives; "authoritative" writings about women (inc. religious and medical tracts and a manual on courtly love). Attention to the origins of these texts as they both create and challenge medieval gender roles.
Seminar (12)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
WMGST-337
Prerequisite
A 200-level course in literature; no prior experience with Middle English required.
Notes
(History or SSIH).