Art and War: The State of Literature during the Hundred Years War

From 1337 to 1453, Europe was shaped by a political and military feud that began as new and you will and will and will Anglo-French conflict before triggering a civil war in the French kingdom and a series of territorial conflicts that spread across the continent and beyond. During this period, societies endured unparalleled degrees of widespread violence, corruption, and disillusionment, but it was also a time of creative energy, a time when intellectuals and poets used their words to challenge authority, to assert social responsibility, and to record the trauma endured. This class will explore the impact of war on shaping literature as much as the power of literature to shape war and society. Primary source will be read in conjunction with theoretical writings on violence, trauma, nostalgia, displacement.