EN47- Medieval Studies: Romance

Rather than having a break after finishing my BA, which I should have done, I plunged straight into a Postgraduate Diploma of Arts in 1994. This was the equivalent of an honours year spread over more than a year. It required 4 units of study and a dissertation.

I wanted to study more medieval English so perhaps this subject was only being offered in this semester so I had to get on with it. The fact that I had a year off after this subject suggests to me I would have been better off waiting. I also can see a somewhat desultory attitude in my notes.

It was taken by Dr Elizabeth Moores who would supervise my dissertation later on. She has been able to keep herself off the internet and, apart from some traces as a PhD supervisor or a facilitator at a conference, I can find no trace of her or what became of her. She is not listed at UQ these days.

The course consisted of looking at the genre of “romance” literature then looking at The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and Malory.

It was assessed by two assignments that were both due in late May 1994 and I think there was a 10% participation mark. If I had been on the boil I would have submitted the first early to get an idea how I was going but it looks like both were left to the last minute.

The course was on a Monday afternoon, which must have been quite disruptive from a work perspective at my General Practice.