Courses
MVGA /ENGA 6229:
The French of England III: Documentary and Literary Culture
Taught by Professors Thelma Fenster and Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
Wednesdays: Linguistic practicum, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Seminar discussion, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
This course offers an introduction to the large corpus
of French literary and pragmatic texts in insular
medieval culture and some ways of thinking about the
interrelations of French and English and the re-mappings
this entails for medieval England's literary and cultural
history. Branching out from works covered in "Texts
and Territories" and "Texts and Manuscripts,"
we will study some law, mercantile, medical and other
forms of documentary and civic texts in the French
of England, as well as literary texts, both the well-known
and the under-researched, and some texts with Middle
English versions.
For newcomers to the subject, a linguistic practicum, which should be regarded as obligatory, is offered in the hour preceding the class meeting; some knowledge of modern French is a must. Some linguistic work together with seminar student presentations and discussion take place in each seminar.