Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
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- Schedule of Classes - April 4, 2023 12:09PM EDT
- Course Catalog - April 3, 2023 12:59PM 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(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Life and Dying in the Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Human Ecology Building 201
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Chauncy, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Mind and Soul in the Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 260
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Di Palo, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Details in Dress-Reading Mdvl Clothing
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 301
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Gall, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 312
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Vazquez Rodriguez, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.
MEDVL 2770
Course Description
This course explores the role of gender and sexuality in shaping the lives of Muslims past and present. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual histories, and religious treatises, we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2470, FGSS 2770, LGBT 2770, NES 2770, RELST 2770
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3120
Course Description
Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of recent movies and riveting new translations. The poem's popular appeal lies in its complex depictions of monsters, ... 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(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 112
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brjansdottir, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3775
Course Description
This course will introduce students to the relationship between modern fantasy fiction and the Middle Ages. What kind of world is the world of quests and secret love affairs, swords and sorcery? We'll ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3775
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Klarman Hall KG42
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3888
Course Description
This course explores the interactions between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in late antiquity, especially in Sasanian Persia circa the first through seventh century C.E. Students pay particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3888, JWST 6888, MEDVL 6888, NES 3888, NES 6888, RELST 3888, RELST 6888
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical 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
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Hans Bethe House 125
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 4103
Course Description
The Survey is designed to introduce participants to characteristic genres and discourses of Medieval Latin. The traditional focus is prose style and its implications for audience and genre from classical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 4213, LATIN 7213, MEDVL 6103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 204
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Hicks, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4351
Course Description
Topic Spring 23: Portraiture. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 4752, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Portraiture
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall GM09
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4540
Course Description
Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4540, MEDVL 6540, NES 4540, NES 6540, RELST 4540, SPAN 4540
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall 318
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4557
Course Description
How and why do landscapes come to inspire the religious imagination? And why do religious practices, rituals, traditions, and beliefs take place in particular landscapes? This seminar treats these questions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4677, NES 4557, NES 6557, RELST 4557, RELST 6557
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4858
Course Description
This course examines the role of temples and their sculptural programs in South and Southeast Asia as creative stimuli for performative reenactments. Choreographic encounters between imagination and memory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4858, ARTH 6858, ASIAN 4456, ASIAN 6656, MEDVL 6858, PMA 4358, VISST 4858
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Hans Bethe House 125
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6103
Course Description
The Survey is designed to introduce participants to characteristic genres and discourses of Medieval Latin. The traditional focus is prose style and its implications for audience and genre from classical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 4213, LATIN 7213, MEDVL 4103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 204
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Hicks, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6120
Course Description
Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of recent movies and riveting new translations. The poem's popular appeal lies in its complex depictions of monsters, ... 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(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 112
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6210
Course Description
Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4665, PHIL 4210, PHIL 6210, RELST 4665, RELST 6210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Augustine's "Confessions"
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FOR SPRING 2023: No thinker has done more to shape the Western intellectual tradition than Augustine (354-430 CE), and no book displays Augustine's dynamic vision of reality more compellingly than the Confessions. Its probing and intimate reflections on the meaning of human life, the nature of God and mind, time and eternity, will and world, good and evil, love and sexuality have challenged every generation since Augustine's own. The course will be structured around a close, critically engaged reading of the Confessions (in English translation); special attention will be given to its philosophical and theological ideas, its place in Augustine's oeuvre, and its historical context and significance.
MEDVL 6295
Course Description
The term "lyric" is uncommon before the sixteenth century, but the songs and short, non-narrative poetry that evidently constitute those traditions reach back to the beginnings of written literature. "Theory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 6295
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall B15
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Galloway, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6351
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. Topic for Spring 2023: Portraiture. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 4752, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 4351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Portraiture
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall GM09
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6540
Course Description
Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4540, MEDVL 4540, NES 4540, NES 6540, RELST 4540, SPAN 4540
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall 318
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6858
Course Description
This course examines the role of temples and their sculptural programs in South and Southeast Asia as creative stimuli for performative reenactments. Choreographic encounters between imagination and memory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4858, ARTH 6858, ASIAN 4456, ASIAN 6656, MEDVL 4858, PMA 4358, VISST 4858
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6888
Course Description
This course explores the interactions between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in late antiquity, especially in Sasanian Persia circa the first through seventh century C.E. Students pay particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3888, JWST 6888, MEDVL 3888, NES 3888, NES 6888, RELST 3888, RELST 6888
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 7100
Course Description
Early English writers were of two minds about their homeland: they cultivated the mythology that the English were the New Israel, while they were intensely aware (and constantly reminded by Continental ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 7100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Identity and Otherness in Preconquest England
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 8020
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)