Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 22, 2015 4:42PM EDT
- Course Catalog - June 11, 2015 6:21PM EDT
Classes
MEDVL 1101
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Text, Context in Chaucer's Wife of Bath
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 369
Instructors
Byland, H
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Space/Place/Mvmnt in Medvl Society
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
Greenlee, J
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Medieval Modernities &the Modern Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 331
Instructors
Grabowski, R
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Crusades Through Arab Eyes
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 369
Instructors
Stepp, R
MEDVL 1103
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: The Evolution of Fairy Tales
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
Waymack, A
MEDVL 2170
Course Description
This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2170, SPAN 2170
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Garcia Pinar, P
MEDVL 2400
Course Description
This course introduces students to one of the major concerns of the literature, art, and religious thought of western Europe between roughly 400 and 1400 AD: transformation. We'll begin with Ovid and Apuleius, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 2400
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Conducted in English.
MEDVL 3050
Course Description
This course provides an overview of the book as a material and cultural artifact. Focusing on the era of the printed book (1450-2000) in Western Europe and America, we will examine the invention and spread ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3050
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Kroch, Carl A Library 2B49
Instructors
Ferri, L
MEDVL 3120
Course Description
A close reading of Beowulf. Attention will be given to relevant literary, cultural, and linguistic issues. One semester's study of Old English, or the equivalent, is recommended. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3120, ENGL 6120, MEDVL 6120
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Zacher, S
MEDVL 3140
Course Description
What do love, torture, and ecstasy all have in common? How could they all be considered spiritual experiences? The thirteenth century brought a new and intense focus on the body of Christ, bloodied, wounded, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3140
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Zacher, S
MEDVL 3190
Course Description
Chaucer became known as the "father of English poetry" before he was entirely cold in his grave. Why is what he wrote more than six hundred years ago still riveting for us today? It's not just because ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3190
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Raskolnikov, M
MEDVL 3200
Course Description
This course aims to familiarize students with the history of Scandinavia, ca. 800-1100 ad. Although well known as a dramatic chapter in medieval history, this period remains enigmatic and often misunderstood. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 3200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 494
Instructors
Falk, O
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall 106
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 498
Instructors
Staff
MEDVL 3270
Course Description
Ancient Byzantion, rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, raised by his successors to be the capital of a "Byzantine" empire, object of desire for travelers and crusaders, crowning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3370, ARTH 3270, CLASS 3770, NES 3270, RELST 3270, VISST 3270
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Student Option(OPI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Anderson, B
MEDVL 3316
Course Description
Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3316
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Morrill Hall 226F
Instructors
Stefansdottir, B
MEDVL 3510
Course Description
This course presents Machiavelli in a variety of historical and interpretive contexts; European and Italian politics in the early sixteenth century; the decline of the Florentine republic and the rise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3510, ITAL 3510
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
Instructors
Najemy, J
MEDVL 3740
Course Description
In the Middle Ages, people traveled for all many reasons: for adventure, for commerce, on pilgrimage, for conquest. We will read the accounts of medieval travelers in order better to understand the motives ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3724, JWST 3740, NES 3740
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 106
Instructors
Toorawa, S
MEDVL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosphical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Hans Bethe House 125
Instructors
Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 4161
Course Description
The Crusades occupied brief periods, with events far from most Western writers, but kept a long hold on European historical, religious, and literary imagination. This provides an opportunity to consider ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4161, ENGL 6161, MEDVL 6161
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Stimson Hall 105
Instructors
Galloway, A
MEDVL 4310
Course Description
Topic for spring 2015:Â Narratives of Medieval Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
MEDVL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Hans Bethe House 125
Instructors
Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 6102
Course Description
This course is an introduction to and survey of Latin scripts from Roman antiquity through the early Renaissance, with an emphasis on the identification, localization, and reading of scripts. Class meetings ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7222
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Lincoln Hall 101B
Instructors
Hicks, A
MEDVL 6120
Course Description
A close reading of Beowulf. Attention will be given to relevant literary, cultural, and linguistic issues. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3120, ENGL 6120, MEDVL 3120
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Zacher, S
MEDVL 6161
Course Description
The Crusades occupied brief periods, with events far from most Western writers, but kept a long hold on European historical, religious, and literary imagination. This provides an opportunity to consider ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4161, ENGL 6161, MEDVL 4161
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Stimson Hall 105
Instructors
Galloway, A
MEDVL 6310
Course Description
Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
MEDVL 6740
Course Description
We will read a selection of medieval travel accounts, paying special attention to the ways in which travelers observed, interacted with, and described the people they encountered and the places they visited. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6725, JWST 6740, NES 6740, SPAN 6740
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Comstock Hall-Academic II B104
Instructors
Toorawa, S