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Postgraduate Course: Chivalry and Crusade in Medieval France (CLLC11135)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will explore the depiction of chivalry and the chevalier in a range of Old French and Occitan texts dating from the late 11th to the 13th century. It will focus on epic, romance and chronicle (as well as their parodies) to provide an overview of different images of knighthood and how these are constructed and developed by different genres.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One 4000 word essay (100%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. gain insight into a key aspect of High Medieval culture and literature
  2. develop an appreciation of the interplay between historiographic and literary modes of writing, as well as that between different literary genre
  3. be able to compare different types of literary source material and relate these to the social, political and religious history of the period
  4. develop their ability to compare, contrast and analyse primary texts in the light of a broad range of secondary material drawn from diverse scholarly disciplines
  5. develop their ability to present their ideas clearly both orally, through seminar presentations, and in writing
Reading List
Students may be required to read all or part of a suggested text. Extracts from additional texts may be added where appropriate. Texts will be studied in translation by students without qualification in French.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCCiMF
Contacts
Course organiserDr Fionnuala Sinclair
Tel: (0131 6)50 8423
Email: Finn.Sinclair@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Inga Ackermann
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
Email: Inga.Ackermann@ed.ac.uk
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