ENG 625 Medieval Literature and the Philosophical Worldview

This course addresses the philosophical worldview at root in the political, ethical, social, and religious influences present throughout medieval literature. Discussions of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Gawain Poet, Thomas Malory, John Skelton, John Lydgate, William Dunbar, Francois Villon, Dante Alighieri, as well as lyric poetry and drama, dialogue with the philosophical contributions of Meister Eckhart, Nicholas of Cusa, Hildegard of Bingen, Margery Kempe, Maimonides, Boethius, Avicenna, and a number of selected Church Fathers. An interdisciplinary team-taught course. An interdisciplinary team-taught course.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

PHI 625