Medieval Literature: Love, Sex, and Marriage

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introductions; Getting comfortable with Middle English; some medieval songs about married life (“In Praise of Women,” “Abuse of Women”)
2	Medieval Marriage Lyrics, (continued)
3–4	Geoffrey Chaucer
5	Andreas Capellanus, and Marie de France / Anonymous	Paper 1 due
6	The Song of Songs, and Medieval Beguines
7	Abelard and Heloise, and Barbara Newman
8–9	Chrétien de Troyes
10	Julian of Norwich
11	Margery Kempe
12	Geoffrey Chaucer (continued)
13	Geoffrey Chaucer (continued) and Linda Georgianna
14–15	Anonymous / Simon Armitage	Paper 2 draft due after session 15
16	Thomas Chestre
17	The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
18	Geoffrey Chaucer (continued)
19	Dame Sirith	Revision of paper 2 due
20	Geoffrey Chaucer (continued)
21	Floris and Blanchefleur
22–25	Student presentations
26	Conclusion	Paper 3 due