Satisfies Cultural Studies List A & AHLA requirements.	

	This course introduces students to the beauty, humor, and
intellectual sophistication of texts written in Europe between the
sixth and fifteenth centuries.  We will study representative works
from a variety of medieval genres and modes (including epic, romance,
lyric, drama, allegory, and satire); and we will explore such issues
as the emergence of vernacular literature in the Middle Ages,
construction of gender in medieval texts, the influence of classical
and Christian traditions on medieval texts, the relationship of
medieval literature to the visual arts, and the social forces that
shaped literature during this time.  Readings for the course will be
available in modern English translation and will include the Song of
Roland, the Song of the Cid, Chretien de Troyes' Yvain, Marie de
France's Lais, a selection of Latin and vernacular lyric poems,
Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de
Meun's Romance of the Rose, Dante's Divine Comedy, the Second
Shepherd's Play, and Everyman.

	Requirements: Students will write one analytical essay (6-8
pages long) and take mid-term and final examinations.  Graduate
students will take a midterm exam and complete one response paper (2
pages) and a research paper (20-25 pages, including notes).