Unit Code

PFDxxx [give first three alpha characters. Student Administration will assign last three numeric characters]

Unit Level

Undergraduate must be Introductory, Intermediate or Advanced
Postgraduate 500, 600 or 700

Unit Title (Must not exceed 60 characters)

John Gower and His Contemporaries [Please use lower case]

Default Unit Weight

select one of 0, 12.5, 25, 50 or 100%

Faculty

Arts

Unit Details should appear in Handbook

Should the details of this unit appear in printed publications and on the web. The default is yes.

Field of Education code

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Campus

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Mode

(A)ttending, (D)istance. Code required by DEST.

Semester/s

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Online Component

Select one of
0 None
1 Web Supported
2 Web Dependant
3 Fully Online

Resource based T&L

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0 None
1 Resource supported
2 Resource dependant

Videoconference

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Flexible Scheduling

Face-to-face classes are held outside normal University teaching times Yes/No?

Workplace learning

Does the unit involve workplace learning Yes/No?

Includes specific international contexts/case studies

• unit includes detailed and extensive international content, examples and/or case studies relating to more than one country
• unit content includes investigation and application of discipline or professional practices in other cultures.

Includes international cross-cultural issues/skills

• study in the unit develops an understanding of cross-cultural issues
• unit contributes to the development of cross-cultural communication skills or other skills needed in different cultural contexts.

Univestiy Prerequisites

LIT100[generally speaking, the unit code alone is listed, but where it is needed to avoid ambiguity, give also the unit title. If there is no prerequisite, write 'nil']

University Corequisites

As above

Mutual Exclusions

As above

For students who intend to pursue medieval studies at honours level and beyond, the study of John Gower and his contemporaries provides a solid foundation for the study of late fourteenth and early fifteenth century English literature. The unit includes a study of Gower's English, French and Latin works and their audiences; a comparative study of the ways in which Gower and his contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer use their sources, and a detailed study of grammatical, metrical and lexicographical conventions of the period. Students would find the study of HIS223, English History 1305-1450, very useful.

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Special notes

Restricted to BA students. Not offered in 2001

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Teaching staff

Dr A Seaton, Ms PO Duggan.

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Teaching pattern

Full year - 2x1 - hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (28 weeks).

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Assessment

Majors

Medieval Studies (LIT), European Literatures (HEL)

[This field applies to Bachelor of Arts degree course only]

Work experience PLACEMENT

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Enabling Unit

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Foundation Unit

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