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Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters / edited by K. Attar, L. Shutters.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- European literature.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Education, Higher.
- Art--Study and teaching.
- Art.
- Classical literature.
- Literature, Ancient.
- Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
- Medieval Literature.
- European Literature.
- Higher Education.
- Creativity and Arts Education.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
- Medieval Literature.
- European Literature.
- Higher Education.
- Creativity and Arts Education.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing from theatre, English studies, and art history, among others, these essays discuss the challenges and rewards of teaching medieval and early modern texts in the 21st-century university. Topics range from the intersections of race, religion, gender, and nation in cross-cultural encounters to the use of popular culture as pedagogical tools.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I SYNCHRONIC CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS; CHAPTER 1 ANDALUSIAN IBERIAS: FROM SPANISH TO IBERIAN LITERATURE; CHAPTER 2 USING FEMINIST PEDAGOGY TO EXPLORE CONNECTIVITY IN THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN; CHAPTER 3 A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SILK ROAD IN A COSMOPOLITAN CLASSROOM; CHAPTER 4 TEACHING ENGLISH TRAVEL WRITING FROM 1500 TO THE PRESENT; CHAPTER 5 STRANGER THAN FICTION: EARLY MODERN TRAVEL NARRATIVES AND THE ANTIRACIST CLASSROOM
- CHAPTER 6 DIFFERENT SHAKESPEARES: THINKING GLOBALLY IN AN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE COURSEPART II SYNCHRONIC AND DIACHRONIC CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS; CHAPTER 7 THE MOOR OF AMERICA: APPROACHING THE CRISIS OF RACE AND RELIGION IN THE RENAISSANCE AND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; CHAPTER 8 "REAL" BODIES? RACE, CORPORALITY, AND CONTRADICTION IN THE ARABIAN NIGHTS AND PIER PAOLO PASOLINI'S IL FIORE DELLE ; CHAPTER 9 ENCOUNTERING SARACENS IN ITALIAN CHIVALRIC EPIC AND FOLK PERFORMANCE TRADITIONS; CHAPTER 10 BEOWULF AS HERO OF EMPIRE*; PART III DIACHRONIC CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
- CHAPTER 11 RESURRECTING CALLIMACHUS: POP MUSIC, PUPPETS, AND THE NECESSITY OF PERFORMANCE IN TEACHING MEDIEVAL DRAMACHAPTER 12 TEACHING CHAUCER THROUGH CONVERGENCE CULTURE: THE NEW MEDIA MIDDLE AGES AS CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349502844
- 1349502847
- 9781137465726
- 1137465727
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