Postgraduate Course: Love and Desire from Dante to Shakespeare (CLLC11034)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Examining a range of texts from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, the course explores how love, eroticism, and sexuality has been portrayed in medieval literature and considers their aesthetic, cultural, and philosophical significance. Particular attention will be given to the concept of courtly love and its development; the relationship between gender and desire; and the interplay between sacred and secular ideas of love. Texts to be explored include Dante's Vita Nuova and Paradiso, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde; theoretical treatises on love, including those from the Spanish and Arabic traditions; lyric poetry of the troubadours; high medieval prose romance; and the spritualised love visions of the female mystics. The course concludes by examining the post-medieval legacy of artistic models of erotic love in Shakespeare. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
Purchase of essential texts as required. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
2 hour(s) per week for 1 week(s). |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To enable students' to undertake a wide-ranging but detailed examination of central texts of the European medieval amatory tradition.
Detailed knowledge of the principle aesthetic, philosophical, and intellectual features of medieval and Renaissance amatory literature.
An awareness of the different cultural and historical contexts which inform and produce this literary corpus in the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods.
Critical awareness of the ways in which discourses of love and desire in the Middle Ages and Renaissance are intimately bound up with questions of interiority, selfhood, free will and destiny, the nature of morality, and gender identities. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 4,000 words. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Sarah Dunnigan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8304
Email: S.M.Dunnigan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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