Course learning outcomes and assessment criteria

This course offers an introduction to English literature of the later Middle Ages, placed within a broad historical and cultural context. A diversity of genres, styles, dialects and literary traditions may be explored. Among topics which students may study are: social satire; the Arthurian tradition and uses of the Arthurian myth; shifts in literary technique, genre and attitudes toward women; myths of social and literary decadence; ideas of society and the individual; high and low culture, spirituality and secularity; chivalry and the figure of the knight; literacy and education; art and architecture; magic and the supernatural; medieval Scotland and the Scottish Chaucerians.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you should:

Mode of assessment

One three-hour unseen examination

Assessment criteria

You will be assessed according to your ability to: