Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters [electronic resource] /
Attar, K.editor.
Shutters, L.editor.
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.
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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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Literature, Modern.
Literature, Medieval.
European literature.
Higher education.
Art education.
Classical literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Medieval Literature.
European Literature.
Higher Education.
Creativity and Arts Education.
Classical and Antique Literature.