Spring 2019  |  ENGL 8110 Section 001: Seminar: Medieval Literature and Culture -- Classical and Biblical Reception (64762)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Mon 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 226
Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 10 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Sample topics: Chaucer; "Piers Plowman"; Middle English literature, 1300-1475; medieval literary theory; literature/class in 14th-century; texts/heresies in late Middle Ages.
Class Notes:
This course will be an intensive introduction to the reading and interpretation of the bible and classical literature in the medieval and early modern west, using a case study approach to this large topic. For the bible we will use the Book of Genesis and read relevant works deriving from or related to the Genesis tradition: patristic exegesis, medieval exegetes; universal history and encyclopedists; the Latin biblical epics and paraphrases of late antiquity; selected Old English and Middle English verse and late medieval English cycle drama. In the early modern context we are likely to examine early modern biblical commentaries before reading Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and perhaps some lyric poetry by Herbert and Donne. In terms of classical reception, we will focus on the historiographic and epic traditions, with special attention to the Troy story and the Matter of Alexander the Great. For the early modern portion of the unit we will read Shakespearean works that are indebted to classical literature in various ways: e.g., the non-dramatic poems; plays such as Midsummer Night's Dream; Antony and Cleopatra; Coriolanus, and so forth. The final text of the course, serving to draw our biblical and classical strands together, will be Milton's Paradise Lost. A wide variety of subjects will be introduced and studied, and students can expect to learn about bibles and other works in their manuscript context; biblical apocrypha; biblical exegesis and biblical commentaries; medieval encyclopedias; figural composition and reading; allegory; medieval and early modern school curricula; medieval historiography and related concepts such as universal history and sacred history; euhemerization; medieval moral and allegorical interpretation of the classics; epic; romance; and much else.
Class Description:
Classical and Biblical Reception:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64762/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 April 2018

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