CMS277
Medieval Literatures of Resistance: Power and Dissent, 1100-1500
Subject code
CMS
Course Number
277
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
S. Federico
Course Long Title
Medieval Literatures of Resistance: Power and Dissent, 1100-1500
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course offers sustained examination of several major sites of cultural power in the Middle Ages--including institutions and traditions such as the Church and the monarchy, Parliament, and civic government, marriage and the household--and considers the oppositional energies of texts that negotiate those sites. Students read historical documents (poems, letters, and chronicles) and analyze the textual tactics that resist or evade the rules set to govern most aspects of medieval public and private life.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(English: Medieval), (English: Pre-1800)
INDS Program Relationship
IDCM - CMS Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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