Medieval Literature: Medieval Women Writers

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	Biblical and Patristic Materials	Reader response 1
3	Hagiography: Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
4	Virgin Martyrdom in the Comic Mode
5	Transforming the Past
6	The Trivium: Scholasticism and the Literary Curriculum	Reader response 2
7	Medieval Rhetoric and the Power of Emotions
8	The Self Reformed
9	Independent Research Project Presentations	Oral reports
10	Independent Research Project Presentations	Oral reports
11	Courtly Love and Self-presentation
12	Romance and Aristocratic Society	Write-ups of oral reports due
13	Adventures on the Celtic Fringe
14	The Quadrivium: Science in the Medieval Curriculum
15	The Science of Salvation
16	Spirituality and Courtly Love
17	Mysticism and Heresy
18	Affective Piety and Autobiography
19	The Disorders of Divine Love
20	Objects of Affection
21	Imitations of Love
22	Disciplines of the Self
23	Late Medieval Feminism
24	Allegories of Power
25	The Social Orders
26	The Crisis of Nationalism	Final paper due