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ENGL 70

Medievalisms: Medieval Literature and Contemporary Culture

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for any course in the 140 series. Introduction to medieval texts juxtaposed with modern texts and media to analyze how and why the medieval (in form of crusade, quest, romance, world-construction, etc.) is continually reproduced and transformed in large scale popular productions, novels, film, and television. Textual focus on medieval works in comparison to analysis of 20th- and 21st-century works may include Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Le Morte Darthur, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and Harry Potter. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.83
n = 46 · 2 terms · ± 0.071
A range
93%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
6%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
2.2%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 2523S
  • 2424W
Enrolment by term: 23S 25, 24W 24
Peak 25 Most recent 24 in 24W 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 1 · 2.0%
  • A 38 · 77.6%
  • A- 4 · 8.2%
  • B+ 2 · 4.1%
  • F 1 · 2.0%
  • P 3 · 6.1%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
JAGER, ERIC 3.85 3.86 46 2 93%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term