Befriending the Medieval Queer: A Pedagogy for Literature Classes

Author / Editor
Zeikowitz, Richard E.

Title
Befriending the Medieval Queer: A Pedagogy for Literature Classes

Published
College English 65 : 67-80, 2002.

Description
Characterizations of Grendel, the Green Knight, and Chaucer's Pardoner can be used for a "queer pedagogy" based on the theories of Henry Giroux and Stanley Aronowitz. Zeikowitz suggests discussions and written assignments that encourage analysis of the instability of "normal" values in medieval literature, an activity that can help students produce a more just society.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.