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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English

106-229/329 Medieval Women's Narrative

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Stephanie Trigg

Contact:

Two 1.5-hour seminars per week.

Content:

This subject investigates a range of medieval texts written by, for, or about women, with special attention to works written for the instruction or regulation of the minds and bodies of medieval women. No prior knowledge of Middle English will be assumed.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Barrett A ed, Medieval Women's Writing, Longman.
  • Chaucer G (ed) Wynne-Davies M, The Tales of the Clerk and The Wife of Bath, Routledge.
  • Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, Penguin.
  • Windeatt (trans), The Book of Margery Kempe, Penguin.
  • Wogan-Browne J ed, Medieval English Prose for Women, Clarendon.
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