Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 54)
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106-210/310 "Introductory Medieval English Language and Literature" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-211 | Prev:106-110
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Stephanie Trigg.
Contact: Two 1.5-hour seminars per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have a reading knowledge of the main forms of Middle English, especially the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer;
- will be familiar with some of the genres of medieval literature and the critical problems involved in their interpretation;
- will be familiar with current historicist approaches to medieval texts;
- will have completed a detailed study of one of the set texts and some aspect of its historical context.
Content:
This subject is an introduction to some of the texts and contexts of medieval English writing, with a special focus on the late fourteenth century, and the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-211 | Prev:106-110
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-211 | Prev:106-110
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Stephanie Trigg.
Contact: Two 1.5-hour seminars each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have a reading knowledge of the main forms of Middle English, especially the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer;
- will be familiar with some of the genres of medieval literature and the critical problems involved in their interpretation;
- will be familiar with current historicist approaches to medieval texts;
- will have completed a detailed study of one of the set texts and some aspect of its historical context.
Content:
This subject is an introduction to some of the texts and contexts of medieval English writing, with a special focus on the late fourteenth century, and the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-211 | Prev:106-110
3. English Language, Faculty of Arts (v3, p63) : Next:106-224 | Prev:106-208
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Mary Dove.
Contact: Two 1.5-hour seminars per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- be able to read the main dialects of late Middle English, and be familiar with the reference works available in this area;
- be familiar with the main literary traditions within which late medieval poets are writing, with a focus on Chaucer;
- be acquainted with medieval literary theory, and 20th-century theoretical writings on medieval literature;
- have developed their writing skills across a range of forms.
Content:
An introduction to the languages and literature of late medieval England.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTENT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. English Language, Faculty of Arts (v3, p63) : Next:106-224 | Prev:106-208
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts.
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