Subject associations AAS 314 / COM 398 / REL 303 / AFS 321 Term Spring 2023 Instructors Wendy Laura Belcher View additional detailsfor The Virgin Mary in African Literature & Art (CD or LA) Registrar description The Virgin Mary is the world's most storied person. Countless tales have been told about the miracles she has performed for the faithful who call upon her. Although many assume that African literature was only oral, not written, until the arrival of Europeans, Africans began writing stories about her by 1200 CE in the languages of Ethiopic, Coptic, & Arabic. This course explores this body of medieval African literature and paintings, preserved in African Christian monasteries, studying their themes of healing, reparative justice, & personal ethics in a violent world. It develops skills in the digital humanities & comparative literary studies. Email this page Print this page