Death and Dying in Late Medieval Literature
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4362 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4362
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
Fear of death and what would come afterwards haunted writers throughout the Middle Ages. This pod introduces some of the key ways in which late medieval writing depicted and explored the nature of dying and death. Covering a range of late medieval literature, students will evaluate the idea of a ‘good death’, and the influence of this on conceptions of identity, illness, faith, memory and emotion, to explore how medieval writers and readers thought about death, dying and the place of the dead in the culture of the living.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, Medieval Englishes, and Medieval Literatures. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate a clear and accurate knowledge of medieval literature’s representations of death and dying within its wider contemporaneous cultural and historical contexts.
Evaluate and assess a variety of medieval texts and genres to construct critical arguments about the centrality of death in medieval literatures.
Apply concepts from literary theory and criticism in the analysis and interpretation of texts.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).