Women Writers – Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Gilbert and Gubar. The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, 3rd edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007.
According to Julian of Norwich, what is the meaning of her visions? When did she experience her visions? (100 words)
How does Margery Kempe’s work show a different view of fifteenth-century society than Julian of Norwich. How does this spiritual autobiography differ from Julian of Norwich’s spiritual autobiography? (100 words)
Does the poem “The Ballad Which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate” add to our understanding of the social and political underpinnings of this time period? How? (100 words)
In the poem “On Monsieur’s Departure” Queen Elizabeth I uses several examples of oxymoras (paradoxes) in Stanza 1. Identify an example of an oxymora and explain what it means in the poem. After reading all of Queen Elizabeth’s work, what do think? What surprises you the most about her work? (100 words)
Many of the women authors from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance were in one way or another “spiritually or socially exceptional” (Gilbert and Gubar 3). How are women represented in the works of Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Anne Askew, Queen Elizabeth I? Does this influence our understanding of women of this time period? (600 words)
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