This unit extends students' knowledge of research practices and technical knowledge, and broadens their reading in medieval literature. A selection of later medieval/pre-modern English texts from different literary and non-literary genres diversifies students' experience of later medieval English writing and its various contexts. Texts are read in the original language and are selected from a range of dialects, thus developing students' language learning. The unit offers more detailed research tasks through historical reference and develops more extensive technical skills by locating texts in their manuscript contexts. Key questions investigated through a range of theoretical approaches... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: any Level 2 unit in English and Cultural Studies or MEMS2001 Classical Traditions and Transformations in Medieval and Early Modern Europe