Summer graduate course being offered by Medieval Studies at Fordham this year:
MVST 5310: Chivalric Romance
Instructor: Susanne Hafner, Dept. of Modern Languages (German)
This seminar will look at the genre of the chivalric romance at the intersection of different vernacular traditions and genres. What happens to Chrétien de Troyes' classics when they are adapted to the language and culture of another country? And how does the romance relate to the chanson de geste, the saint's life, the lai, or the fabliau? What if the protagonist is not a knight but rather a woman? Or a peasant? A Saracen? A pope? Or a combination of some of the above?
The goal of this seminar will be to provide an overview of the wide range of romance themes and adaptations in Europe, including their reception to the present day. Students are expected to read a well-annotated Middle English romance in the original. All other texts can be prepared in translation, while some of the class time will be dedicated to closely reading some crucial passages in the original Latin, Old French, and Middle High German.
Summer Session I (May 28-June27)
Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:00PM-7:00PM
Rose Hill Campus, FMH 416
For more information please email [email protected]
