Literature
LIT 121E The Beloved in Medieval Poetry
The figure of the Beloved is a medieval invention. Course traces its development from the Mozarabic Jarchas to Petrarch, and includes Provençal Troubadours, German Minnesaenger, French Trouveres, the Spanish Libro de Buen Amor, and The Romance of the Rose. Critical approach designations: Genres, Histories. Distribution requirement: Poetry, Pre-1750.