Medieval Legends
Code: 103367 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Contact
- Name:
- Antoni Rossell Mayo
- Email:
- Antoni.Rossell@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
They are not necessary
Objectives and Contextualisation
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.
Competences
- English and French
- Comparative and multicultural different medieval Romance literature study.
- Establish guidelines for definition of medieval literary genres from oral or written nature.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- French Studies
- Analysing the various medieval romance literatures from a contrastive and multicultural perspective.
- Establish guidelines for definition of medieval literary genres from oral or written nature.
- Knowing the beginning of European literature in medieval romance languages.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their study area) to issue judgments that include reflection on important issues of social, scientific or ethical.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Analysing oral and written medieval literary documents.
- Analysing romance literatures in their social, religious and political context.
- Analyze medieval oral and written literary documents.
- Arguing about several issues and literary problems for the purpose of different works and the assessment of the results.
- Being able to define the medieval literary genres.
- Being able to perform a comparative analysis of the various multicultural medieval Romance literatures.
- Conceptually analysing a work of the subject matter.
- Critically interpreting literary works taking into account the relationships between the different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
- Describing the first medieval linguistic and literary monuments.
- Identifying and analysing texts coming from the European literary tradition.
- Identifying the main ideas of a related text and drawing a diagram.
- Student must be capable of defining the medieval literary genres.
- Students must be capable of carrying out a comparative and multicultural analysis of the various medieval romance literatures.
Content
- 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: Rotll , Olivier, Carlemany, etc. The Nordic Sagas.
- Legends and novels: The Matter of Britain, the Arthurian matter: Eneas, Alexandre, Tristany,
Art s, 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 Lle , Pere Abelard, Leonor d'Aquit nia,
Hildegarda de Bingen, Alfons X, Oswald von Wolfenstein, etc.
- The modern interpretation and adaptation of medieval legends. Cinema, music and the novel.
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- The modern interpretation and adaptation of medieval legends. Cinema, music and the novel.
Methodology
Generally, the learning process will be directed through a number of techniques and activities:
- Masterclass supported by the use of ICT and students’ discussion
- Practice of written and oral production
- Individual and group exercises, both written and oral
- Out of Class assignments: reading of primary and critical sources, writing and bibliographic search.
- Feedback sessions for the correction and assessment of exercises and activities.
"The teacher will allocate approximately 15 minutes of some class to allow his students to answer the surveys of evaluation of the teaching performance and evaluation of the subject."
NB: All activities can be scheduled either in person or online, individually or in groups based on a possible hybrid teaching.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Transcription of a lyrical work | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 11 |
| Activity participated in class and coordinated with other students | 20 | 0.8 | 4, 9, 6 |
| Anthropological aspects of the legends | 10 | 0.4 | 9, 11 |
| Comparison of medieval lyric with contemporary lyric: text and music | 20 | 0.8 | 7, 2 |
| Modernity of medieval legends | 10 | 0.4 | 8, 13, 6 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Minimum two comments of texts | 20 | 0.8 | 8 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Papers | 20 | 0.8 | 4, 9 |
Assessment
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE: The competences of this subject will be assessed through written tests, individual and group work, text commentaries and oral presentations.
-Paper submission module: A minimum of two papers will be required in this module. Results will value 45% of the final mark.
-Module for presentations of texts in the classroom: 25%.
-Module of written tests: 30%.
At the time of each assessment task, students will be informed through Moodle about the procedure and the date of the review of results.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
ABSENT: Students will be considered absent if they have completed less than 30% of the work assigned during the course and 30% less of the tests. Therefore, if they have done more than 30% of each part, they will be assessed.
REMEDIATION: Students are required to have been awarded marks previously in a set of activities that score at least 2/3 of the total mark. Only students with an average mark equal or higher than 3.5 will be eligible for remediation. Activities such as oral presentations, group work, or those related to daily teaching may not be eligible for remediation.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of thesame subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject. Total and partial plagiarism of any of the exercises will automatically be considered a FAIL. Plagiarism means deliberately or accidentally using someone else’s work, whether a single sentence or more, as if it were your own. This includes copying sentences or whole paragraphs from digital documents on the Internet and it can have very serious consequences, which is why it is important to follow good academic practices and to reference your work properly.
The teaching methodology and the evaluation proposed in the guide may undergo some modification subject to the onsite teaching restrictions imposed by health authorities.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity participated in class and coordinated with other students | Autonomous bibliographical approach to the matèria. | 10 | 0.4 | 3, 1, 10, 11, 8, 5, 12, 6 |
| Develop a program Theme and present it in class | oral activity | 10 | 0.4 | 7, 10, 11, 5, 13 |
| Oral presentation of a topic chosen by the student | 30% of the final note | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 6 |
Bibliography
Aebischer, P., ed.: Le voyage de Charlemagne Jérusalem et Constantinople, Ginebra: Droz, 1965.
Alvar, Carlos y Manuel Alvar, eds.: Épica medieval española, Madrid: Cátedra, 1991.
Alvar, Carlos: El rey Arturo y su mundo. Diccionario de mitología artúrica, Madrid: Alianza Tres, 1991.
Badel, Pierre-Yves: Rétorique et polémique dans les prologues de romans au Moyen Âge, Littérature, 20
(1975),
Bajtin, Mijail: Esthétique et théorie du roman, Paris: Gallimard, 1978.
B dier, J.: Les légendes épiques: recherches sur la formation des chansons de geste, 4 vols., Paris,
1908-1913 (segunda edición, 1914-1921; tercera, 1926-1929).
Boutet, Dominique: Charlemagne et Arthur, ou le roi imaginaire, Paris / Ginebra: Champion / Slatkine, 1992.
Chénerie, Marie-Luce: Le chevalier errant dans les romans arthuriens en vers des XIIe et XIIIe siècles,
Ginebra: Droz, 1986.
Cirlot, Victoria: La novela artúrica. Orígenes de la ficción en la cultura europea, Barcelona: Montesinos, 1987.
Faral, Edmond: La légende arthurienne et le Graal. Études et documents, Paris: Champion, 1923, en
numerosas reimpresiones.
García-Guijarro Ramos, Luis: Papado, cruzadas, órdenes militares. Siglos XI-XIII, Madrid: Cátedra, 1995.
Grousset, Ren : La epopeya de las cruzadas, Madrid: Palabra, 1996.
Lot, F.: Études sur les legendes Épiques françaises, Paris: Champion, 1958.
ÉRunciman, Steve: Historia de las cruzadas, Madrid: Alianza Universidad, 1973, 3 vols.
Segre, C., ed.: La Chanson de Roland, Ginebra: Droz, 19892.
Siciliano, I.: Les chansons de geste et l' épopée: mythes, histoire, po -mes, Turín: Einaudi, 1968.
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Software
No specific software is necessary. Although unlikely, if required later in the course, this would be indicated in due time.