GM3073 The Medieval Short Story

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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Module coordinator

Prof B M E Bildhauer

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Module Staff

Professor Bettina Bildhauer

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Module description

First coming to prominence over the course of the thirteenth century, medieval German short stories were frequently humorous, at times grotesque tales filled with wayward children, bickering lovers, cross-dressing knights, cannibalism, and general mayhem. These fantastic and occasionally horrifying stories explore and problematize the anxieties of medieval culture, freely engaging and satirizing issues of class, morality, gender and religion. This module introduces students to the genre and its key topics, with a focus on some of the earliest masters of the short story form: Konrad von Würzburg, Wernher der Gärtner, and the poet known as der Stricker.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

PERMISSION OF THE GERMAN HONOURS ADVISER

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 seminar hours and 1 surgery hour.