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Courses - Fall 2025
ENGL
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ENGL201
The Medieval Imagination
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU
How and why do the Middle Ages resonate with us now? Explore a wide range of narratives, poems, artworks, and songs from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance cultures. Study popular culture, manuscript and print technologies, and the relationship between the sacred and the profane over a millenium. Learn about modern and contemporary medievalist revivals that might include authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien and N.K. Jemisin, television series such as Game of Thrones, and more.