AJ14069 Mediaeval Dream-Vision

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 15:50–17:25 G22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the most popular and persistent genre of mediaeval poetry, whose apex falls in the high and late Middle Ages. Although chiefly focusing on English works, the course will also introduce the pagan and Christian origins of the genre (Cicero, Macrobius, the Apocalypse of St. Paul) and give the students an insight into the Continental (French) literary context. Easily accessible secondary literature will be provided by the tutor. The texts, when written in English, will be read either in the middle-English original with modern critical annotations (e.g., Chaucer) or in modern translations (e.g., Pearl, Piers Plowman). Passages from texts originally written in other languages (Latin, French) will be provided in modern English translations.
Syllabus
  • 1-2. Introduction to mediaeval dream-visions. Cicero: Somnium Scipionis; Macrobius: Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis (excerpt); The Dream of the Rood. 3. Guillaume de Lorris: The Romance of the Rose (Part One); The Fablel of the God of Love. 4. Winner and Waster; The Parliament of the Three Ages. 5. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Book of the Duchess; Jean Froissart: The Paradise of Love. 6. The Thrush and the Nightingale; Geoffrey Chaucer: The Parliament of Fowls; John Clanvowe: The Book of Cupid, God of Love or The Cuckoo and the Nightingale. 7. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Legend of Good Women (Prologue); Pearl. 8. Geoffrey Chaucer: The House of Fame; John Lydgate: The Temple of Glass. 9. William Langland: Piers Plowman (excerpt). 10. James I of Scotland: The Kingis Quair. 11. Death and Life.
Assessment methods
Oral exam based on the reading list and the student's response paper (to be submitted at least one week before the exam proper).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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