KNIGHTS AND OUTLAWS IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Catalog description

This course invites students to explore literary representations of iconic medieval figures while examining the historical and cultural contexts that produced them. The focus is on Arthurian literature along with the “Matter of the Greenwood” (medieval outlaw literature). Course lectures cover the origins of these figures and trace their representation from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis is placed on the changes the figures/stories have undergone and how this is reflective of different periods/cultures. Students critically engage the material and produce their own analysis of the literature set within a historical/cultural context.