| Title | And Gladly Wolde He Teche |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | The Medievalist and the History of the English Language Course |
| Contributor | Robert Kellerman (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0205.1.07 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-ballad-of-the-lone-medievalist/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Kellerman, Robert |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2018-08-23 |
| Long abstract | When I was hired on the tenure track by University of Maine at Augusta, a small branch of Maine’s public university system, there were no courses in medieval or Renaissance literature at all other than the ubiquitous Shakespeare course that was taught by the British literature specialist. The job advertisement for my position simply stated that the English program sought a candidate to teach “composition and literature,” with no par-ticular specialization attached to the position. On being hired, I was thus in the enviable position of proposing and creating the courses in my field that I then taught; in essence, I filled a posi-tion that I subsequently designed to my own specifications. I am extremely grateful that my colleagues were enthusiastic about having the curriculum augmented with courses in early English literature. |
| Page range | pp. 71–78 |
| Print length | 8 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |