Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 104)
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1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p104) : Next:131-275 | Prev:131-272
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Associate Professor A Gilmour-Bryson.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial.
Objectives:
By the end of the semester the student should understand: the importance of the writings of the Patristic Fathers on sexuality; the construction of women as both Eve and Mary; the sexual ideas conveyed by medieval medical texts; the impact of 'courtly love' on the place of women in aristocratic society.
Content:
An examination of both clerical and secular texts leading to the construction of sexuality and gender in the Medieval period.
Assessment:
A class paper or documentary exercise of 500 words (10%), a research essay of 2,000 words (40%), a reflective essay of 2,500 words (40%), participation and contribution (10%).
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p104) : Next:131-275 | Prev:131-272
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p130) : Next:131-275 | Prev:131-272
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor A Gilmour-Bryson.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Objectives:
By the end of the semester the student should understand: the importance of the writings of the Patristic Fathers on sexuality; the construction of women as both Eve and Mary; the sexual ideas conveyed by medieval medical texts; the impact of 'courtly love' on the place of women in aristocratic society.
Content:
An examination of both clerical and secular texts leading to the construction of sexuality and gender in the Medieval period.
Assessment:
A class paper or documentary exercise of 500 words (10 per cent); a research essay of 2,000 words (40 per cent); a reflective essay of 2,500 words (40 per cent); participation and contribution (10 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p130) : Next:131-275 | Prev:131-272
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
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