Contenidos teóricos y prácticos de la asignatura
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 The medieval archetype
1.2 Medieval legacies: the classical and Christian traditions
SECTION II: ENGLISH LITERATURES FROM THE EARLY TO THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
2.1 The Early Middle Ages: Anglo-Saxon culture and literature
Text: excerpts from Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
2.2 Of monsters and men
Text: excerpts from "Beowulf"
2.3 The High Middle Ages and the new social structure: courts, classrooms, pulpits and public squares
Text: excerpts from "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
2.4 Old and new literary genres (con becaria predoctoral Vidal Rodríguez)
2.5 Reading and writing in the Late Middle Ages: Ricardian England
SECTION III: SEMINAR READINGS
3.1 The hero: “Judith” & “The dream of the rood”
3.2 Poets, scops and auctores: “Widsith” & “The book of the Duchess”
3.3 Sea journeys: “The Wanderer” & “The Man of Law's Tale”
3.4 Fairy creatures and magic: “Sir Orfeo” & “The Franklin's Tale”
3.5 Others' paradises: “Pearl” & “The land of Cockayne”
3.6 The animal within: “The fox and the wolf in the well” & “The Nun's Priest's Tale”
3.7 Saints and sinners: “The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale” & excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe
3.8 Women, men, and vice versa: “The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale”
3.9 The bare necessity: “The Miller’s Tale” & “The Reeve’s Tale
1.1 The medieval archetype
1.2 Medieval legacies: the classical and Christian traditions
SECTION II: ENGLISH LITERATURES FROM THE EARLY TO THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
2.1 The Early Middle Ages: Anglo-Saxon culture and literature
Text: excerpts from Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
2.2 Of monsters and men
Text: excerpts from "Beowulf"
2.3 The High Middle Ages and the new social structure: courts, classrooms, pulpits and public squares
Text: excerpts from "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
2.4 Old and new literary genres (con becaria predoctoral Vidal Rodríguez)
2.5 Reading and writing in the Late Middle Ages: Ricardian England
SECTION III: SEMINAR READINGS
3.1 The hero: “Judith” & “The dream of the rood”
3.2 Poets, scops and auctores: “Widsith” & “The book of the Duchess”
3.3 Sea journeys: “The Wanderer” & “The Man of Law's Tale”
3.4 Fairy creatures and magic: “Sir Orfeo” & “The Franklin's Tale”
3.5 Others' paradises: “Pearl” & “The land of Cockayne”
3.6 The animal within: “The fox and the wolf in the well” & “The Nun's Priest's Tale”
3.7 Saints and sinners: “The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale” & excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe
3.8 Women, men, and vice versa: “The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale”
3.9 The bare necessity: “The Miller’s Tale” & “The Reeve’s Tale
Actividades a desarrollar en otro idioma
Todos los módulos y temas de esta asignatura se impartirán en lengua inglesa. Asimismo, las actividades (sesiones de lectura en el aula, de seminarios o comentarios de textos y películas, así como las sesiones de evaluación) se llevarán a cabo en esta lengua, si bien sí se podrán recomendar lecturas en español o en francés.