LIT117 CM - Literature of Late Medieval England

From the plague to the peasants’ revolt, this course examines critical moments in the cultural history of England by looking at the literature of the court, the city, the church, and the countryside. Key topics addressed over the course of the semester will include urbanization, lay piety, anticlericalism, literacy, cosmopolitanism, gender politics, labor, and national identity. Students will read a wide range of genres including epic poetry, fabliau, sermons, saints’ lives, dream visions, and drama Readings will include Pearl, Gower’s Confessio Amantis, Langland’s Piers Plowman, and excerpts from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and shorter poems.

Offered: Every third year

Credit: 1

Course Number: LIT 117 CM