Tutor information
Victoria Condie
Victoria Condie has taught courses in medieval and Old English literature for OUDCE and currently teaches medieval language and literature at the University of Cambridge.
Courses
Responses to the natural world are everywhere in the literature and art of the Middle Ages. We will explore bestiaries, the forests of romance, the landscapes of dream vision and the calendar pages of Books of Hours.
The rich tradition of myth-making and legendary history throughout the British Isles is continually being reinvented. We will explore the ways in which these narratives have become reimagined in contemporary culture in text, film and drama.
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' have enjoyed a long and continuing life. Looking at the collection in its late fourteenth-century context and then at its afterlife and continuing significance we can explore readership, reinterpretation and regeneration.
The rich tradition of legendary history in the British Isles has provided fertile ground for writers and film makers. We’ll explore these ancient stories and the ways in which they have been reimagined in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.