![]() ![]() Reading and ReferencesĬatherine Bates, The Rhetoric of Courtship in Elizabethan Language and Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)Ĭatherine Belsey, Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture (Oxford University Press, 1994)Ĭ. Demonstrate skills in textual analysis, argumentation, close textual analysis, and critical interpretation appropriate to level H/6 using evidence from primary texts and secondary sourcesġ x two-hour seminar Assessment Informationġ x 2000-word critical analysis of the theoretical and scholarly traditions related to courtly love (40%).Critically engage with the social and historical context of this literature, including the operation of the Courts of England and mainland Europe, the role of the troubadour, the medical tradition of lovesickness, processes of literary patronage. ![]() Demonstrate understanding of the literary structures and contexts supporting the tradition, including the transmission of texts orally, through coterie manuscripts and print publishing.Identify a range of texts and authors engaging with the courtly tradition, from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, and have an understanding of the nuances of their respective engagement with the literary tradition.On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to: To encourage an awareness of the reception and transmission of literary texts specific to the courtly poetic tradition, including both manuscript context and publishing history. ![]()
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