Unit information: Medieval to Renaissance in 2008/09

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Unit name Medieval to Renaissance
Unit code ENGL20074
Credit points 30
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Professor. King
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Normally, the successful completion of appropriate Level 1 English units

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of English
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit will compare the treatment of some major themes and narratives by medieval and by Renaissance writers. Topics to be addressed will include: responses to classical narratives; treatment of the Arthurian legend; ideas of kingship, and of the family; representations of women.