SPECIAL NOTE:
unit taught jointly by Classics and English; may be taken as a Gender Studies unit
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
Examines the relations between two major authors of the western canon, classical Ovid and medieval Chaucer. In the case of Ovid, we will examine
Heroides, a collection of letters by mythological women to their lovers, and
Metamorphoses, a quasi-epic poem centrally concerned with sexual passion. In the case of Chaucer we will examine the
Legend of Good Women, Chaucer's legendary rollcall of virtuous women and immoral men,
The Book of the Duchess, Chaucer's elegy on the death of his patron's beautiful wife and
The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's account of a group excursion to Canterbury and the stories told along the way. We will pay particular attention to specific relations between Ovid, Chaucer and their antecedents, intertextuality and the trope of
translatio studii, literary and historical contexts, questions of genre and the representation of sexual politics and desire.
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.
