Unit name | Medieval to Renaissance |
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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 |
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.