Literature

LIT 166A Representations of Gender in Medieval Literature

Examination of the portrayal of gender roles and interactions. Particular stress on erotic experience and the courtly tradition: Ovid, Andreas Capellanus, Marie de France, Chretien de Troyes, The Romance of the Rose, Dante, Chaucer, Christine de Pizan. Critical approach designations: Histories, Power and Subjectivities. Distribution requirements: Poetry, Pre-1750.

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5

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