Is There a Source Text in This Class? Teaching Medieval Literature through Contemporary Retellings.

Author / Editor
Wolf, Sophia Philomena.
Contzen, Eva von.

Title
Is There a Source Text in This Class? Teaching Medieval Literature through Contemporary Retellings.

Published
New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy & Profession 4 (2023): 85-95.

Description
Outlines "the lesson plan and pedagogical approach" (with course description and syllabus) for a senior, undergraduate course called "Retelling, Rereading, Rethinking--the Afterlife of Medieval Texts in Contemporary Literature." Includes explanation of using samples from CT (in translation or synopsis) and retellings/adaptations of them in Patience Agbabi's "Telling Tales" (2014).

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations