Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501913 English and French | OT | 3 | 0 |
2501913 English and French | OT | 4 | 0 |
2502533 French Studies | OT | 3 | 0 |
2502533 French Studies | OT | 4 | 0 |
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This course provides an introduction to the medieval legends from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries in the different Romanesque kinds of literature and in the medieval Latin literature.
It seeks to familiarize students with the essential literary themes and with the most important characters in medieval literature by reading and commenting the original texts that will either be translated during the course or whose translations will be provided.
- Myths, legends and medieval cultures: confluence and assimilation.
- Religious tradition and legends: The lives of the Saints and the epic genre.
- The bestiary: Interpretation, symbology and representation.
- Medieval history and legendary context: from the Bible to the Crusades.
- Epic legends: Rotllà, Olivier, Carlemany, etc. The Nordic Sagas.
- Legends and novels: The Matter of Britain, the Arthurian matter: Eneas, Alexandre, Tristany, Artús, the Knights of the Round Table and the Holy Grail.
- The legends of troubadour lyric: the troubadours and the jongleurs. Troubadours’ vidas and razos.
- Female literature and female characters in medieval legends.
- Medieval legends in Cantigas by Alfonso X.
- Biography, legend and individuality: Ricard Cor de Lleó, Pere Abelard, Leonor d’Aquitània, Hildegarda de Bingen, Alfons X, Oswald von Wolfenstein, etc.
- The modern interpretation and adaptation of medieval legends. Cinema, music and the novel.
Reading and commenting on texts
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Develop a theme of the program and expose it in class | 30 | 1.2 | 7, 1, 2, 4, 11, 8, 5, 13, 6 |
Knowledge and interpretation of medieval Romanesque legendary diversity | 30 | 1.2 | 7, 3, 2, 9, 10, 8 |
Technical description of texts | 30 | 1.2 | 7, 3, 4, 9, 10, 8, 5, 12, 6 |
4 evaluation activities: 2 oral and 2 written distributed throughout the semester: 50% of the final grade.
The review of the grades will be carried out at the moment of delivery of the grades.
The recoveries will be made 2 weeks after the delivery of the results of the tests.
Final course test from the contents taught: 50% of the final grade.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Develop a theme of the program and expose it in class | Evaluation with instrumental and bibliographic guidance | 30 | 1.2 | 7, 3, 9, 8, 5, 12 |
Develop a theme of the program and expose it in class | Evaluation with instrumental and bibliographic guidance | 30 | 1.2 | 7, 3, 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 8, 5, 12, 13, 6 |
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