Miyashiro, Adam. "Teaching the medieval epic." Throughlines. www.throughlines.org/suite-content/teaching-the-medieval-epic. [Date accessed].
Teaching the medieval epic
Expanding our understanding of the epic tradition across the medieval world.
The medieval epic tradition contains deep wells of insight into the culture, traditions, and political values of the period. Teaching the epic contrapuntally and including texts outside of the European tradition gives students the opportunity to expand their understanding of the premodern world. Adam Miyashiro recommends teaching The Epic of Sunjata alongside European epics, like La Chanson de Roland and El Poema de Mio Cid, to offer students greater insight into a rich, multicultural, and multilinguistic medieval past.
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