ENGL30623

Prerequisites: ENGL 10803 , ENGL 20803 , and at least one 10000- or 20000-level ENGL/WRIT/CRWT course. A survey of major thinkers and writers of the West from the fall of Rome to 1500, in part devoted to drawing a coherent picture of medieval thought: Heavenly versus earthly order; the nature of desire; the power of human agency; the value and uses of the past, including the classical past; gender roles. The often surprising ways in which individual writers deviate from and even criticize this cultural heritage.