Medieval and Renaissance Literature

ELIT 273 takes you from Beowulf through Marvell to ask what we actually mean when we call something "medieval" or "Renaissance" — the labels themselves are part of the argument, not just the backdrop. You read a tight set of primary texts (Chaucer, Gawain, Sidney, Donne, Herbert) closely, and the work shows up in a paper proposal at midterm and a term paper as the final, with shorter quizzes along the way. As a sophomore requirement, it gives you the historical spine and close-reading vocabulary you'll lean on in every later period course, from Shakespeare to the eighteenth century.

Credit3ECTS5FacultyFaculty of Humanities and LettersBölümEnglish Language and LiteraturePreELIT 139 or ELIT 164 or ELIT 222MüfredatY2 Güz

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Değerlendirme 70% — 2 adım

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Midterm In-Class Midterm 20%

Final Take-home final project 50%

Önerilen kaynaklar 1 kitap

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Zorunlu

Reading Coursepack circulated at the beginning of the

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 1

Medieval literature - introduction

Hafta 2

Medieval literature - introduction

Hafta 3

Beowulf (excerpts)

Hafta 4

Beowulf (excerpts)

Hafta 5

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (excerpts)

Hafta 6

Romance: Anon., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Hafta 7

Anon., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Hafta 8

Anon., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Hafta 9

Renaissance literature - introduction

Hafta 10

Renaissance literature - introduction

Hafta 11

Sir Philip Sidney, An Apology for Poetry

Hafta 12

Metaphysical poetry: John Donne, ‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’ and ‘The Canonization’; George Herbert, ‘The Altar’ and ‘Easter Wings'

Hafta 13

Metaphysical poetry: John Donne, ‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’ and ‘The Canonization’; George Herbert, ‘The Altar’ and ‘Easter Wings'

Hafta 14

Andrew Marvell, ‘The Garden’

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Geçmiş GPA dağılımı 8 dönem · ort. 2.81

Dönem	Course CPA
2025-2026 Fall	2.88	2 sec · 64 öğr
2024-2025 Fall	2.89	2 sec · 60 öğr
2023-2024 Fall	2.75	2 sec · 54 öğr
2022-2023 Fall	2.59	2 sec · 57 öğr
2021-2022 Fall	2.87	2 sec · 45 öğr
2020-2021 Fall	2.81	2 sec · 51 öğr
2019-2020 Fall	2.85	2 sec · 45 öğr
2018-2019 Fall	2.83	2 sec · 44 öğr

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⚠️ FZ engelleyen şartlar

Course Learning Outcomes: Course Learning Outcome Assessment Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of “medievalism” and the “Renaissance” as periodizing categories. In-Class Midterm Take-home final project In-class participation Demonstrate an awareness of some of the unique concepts and ideas important to the medieval and Renaissance periods (such as medieval scholasticism, divine right of kings, Renaissance humanism, the scientific revolution), and to be able to trace those concepts a

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