ENGL 340 - Studies in Medieval Literature

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

Advanced study of selected medieval texts and the questions they raise about their context and interpretation. Issues addressed may include the social and political dynamics, literary traditions, symbolic discourses, and individual authorial voices shaping literary works in this era. Discussion of these issues may draw on both historical and aesthetic approaches, and both medieval and modern theories of rhetoric, reference, and text-formation. Mark Amodio.

Topic for 2026/27a: Chaucer and the Gawain-Poet. Texts may include The Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness. Mark Amodio.

This course satisfies the pre-1800 requirements for the English major.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS