ENGL 4133

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ENGL 4133
From the Conquest to Caxton: Middle English Language, Literatures, History

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This seminar will explore the English language and its literatures in its most diverse centuries, which 19th century philologists saw as the middle span: after the collapse of Old English language, poetic style, and indigenous power-centers at the Norman Conquest (1066), up to printing (1476), the beginnings of standard Modern English, claims to an English literary tradition, and the origins of Atlantic adventurism and imperialism. Between those benchmarks we'll consider multilingualism, English linguistic diversity and changes, social identity, literary forms, and ideas about language and literature, sampling many Middle English works and more fully reading the Katherine Group, Gawain-poet, Piers Plowman, and Julian of Norwich's Showings.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, HST-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 6133, LING 4220, LING 6220

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8572 ENGL 4133   SEM 101

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8573 ENGL 4133   IND 601

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies