Sumários
Celtic Tradition | History
6 Fevereiro 2024, 12:30 • Ana Rita Martins
Celtic Tradition | History
- From the Iron Ages to the Bronze Age
- Roman Invasions across Europe
- Linguistic, Artistic & Ethnical Differences
- The English & Irish Cases
Lectures on the Medieval North | "As Runas Desvendadas: Dois Milénios de História e Ensino"
30 Janeiro 2024, 12:30 • Ana Rita Martins
Lectures
on the Medieval North | "As Runas Desvendadas: Dois Milénios de História e Ensino" with Dr Hélio Pires
What are (not) the Middle Ages? | An Introduction
25 Janeiro 2024, 12:30 • Ana Rita Martins
‘Will the ‘real’ Middle Ages please stand up?’: Studying the Middle Ages
- What are the Middle Ages? What are they not?
- Time Framework & Key Concepts
Course Programme & Assessment.
23 Janeiro 2024, 12:30 • Ana Rita Martins
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH CULTURE AND LITERATURE
TP 1
1. OBJECTIVES
This class aims at studying the cultural and political phenomena that define the medieval English paradigm. Based on a chronological and geographical perspective, an analysis will be made of the most significant historical factors to the building of the English identity in the Middle Ages. It will also aim at studying the religious, aesthetic and epistemological aspects of the English Middle Ages.
Students
will study the idiosyncrasies of medieval culture, which is so different from
those of today, namely that it precedes the development of printing and resorts
to both text and image to convey its knowledge of the world. Students will then
reflect upon the genesis of English culture, which was brought forth in the
Anglo-Saxon period. They will also study the Anglo-Norman period and the
historical, social, political, religious, and aesthetic outcomes of this new
cultural framework and how it still has an impact on today’s culture.
2. ASSESSMENT AND GRADING SYSTEM
Assessment will be continuous. Students are expected to attend all classes and to complete assignments prior to the class. Students will also be required to perform a variety of in-class activities.
The
assessment criteria are as follows:
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Written Test: 30%
·
Abstract (for essay): 20%
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In-class Essay: 40%
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Attendance & Participation: 10%
2.1. Date of the Written Test: March 21
2.2. Deadline for the Submission of Abstracts: April 2
2.3. Date of the In-class Essay: April 30
NB 1: Students must choose one of the topics available from the list of topics and will be asked to submit their Essay Topic on February the 15th. Each topic can only be chosen by three students. Students who do not submit a topic will have a topic assigned to them.
NB 2: Students who do not submit an abstract will not be allowed to complete the in-class essay assignment.
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Beowulf, Seamus
Heaney (trad.). Faber & Faber, 1999/2000.
Carruthers, Mary. The Book of Memory. A Study of
Memory in Medieval Culture. Cambridge: C.U.P., 1990.
Eco,
Umberto (org.). Idade Média: Bárbaros, Cristãos e Muçulmanos. Lisboa: D.
Quixote, 2010.
---. Idade Média: Catedrais, Cavaleiros e Cidades. Lisboa:
D. Quixote, 2011.
Keen, Maurice. Chivalry.
Yale University Press, 2005.
Krueger, Roberta (Ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance.
Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Saul, Nigel (ed.). The Oxford Illustrated
History of Medieval England. 1997. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Edited by Norman Davies, At the Clarendon Press, 1967.
Schedule & Rooms
12.30-2.00
| Tuesdays and Thursdays | Room: [C245.A]
Office
Hours: 12.30-2.00 Wednesdays (online)