Books (authored) by Marion Coderch
Ausiàs March, les dones i l'amor
The aim of this book is to challenge the traditionally held view of the image of the lady in medi... more The aim of this book is to challenge the traditionally held view of the image of the lady in medieval courtly lyric as either the summit of perfection or the source of all evil. Feminine images in courtly lyric have tended to be analysed in terms of a bipolar pattern represented by the wholly positive model of the bona domna in opposition to the entirely negative figure of the mala domna. It is argued in this essay that praise and blame are not opposite trends in this kind of poetry, but different representations of the feminine arising from the interaction between the misogynist background of cultural tradition and the civilizing trends characteristic of courtly literature. The scope of this work is Provençal troubadour lyric of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as well as love lyric written in Provençal and Catalan in the crown of Aragon over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A special attention is dedicated to the work of the Valencian poet Ausiàs March, who, fully assuming the controversial position of courtly ideals in late-medieval Catalan love lyric, reworks and renews the tenets of tradition to ensure the purposefulness and the prestige of learned love lyric. Detailed study of a representative selection of texts shows how deference for the lady, originally one of the signs of distinction defining courtly love lyric, is progressively displaced by other features of courtly discourse that grant distinction.
Books (edited) by Marion Coderch
Innovació, traducció, reescriptura: estudis sobre lèxic i interpretació en textos literaris medievals i en les seves traduccions, Anuario de Estudios Medievales 45/1 (2015)
(with Lourdes Soriano, Helena Rovira, Glòria Sabaté, Xavier Espluga) Humanitats a la xarxa: món medieval / Humanities on the Web: the Medieval World (Brussels, Peter Lang, 2014)
Books (translated) by Marion Coderch
(Translation) Ausiás March: Dictats. Obra completa. Edited by Robert Archer; translated by Marion Coderch and José María Micó
Letras Hispánicas. Cátedra: Madrid, 2017.
(Translation) Robert Archer, La cuestión odiosa: la mujer en la literatura hispánica tardomedieval, traducción de Marion Coderch-Barrios, Valencia, Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 2011
Papers by Marion Coderch
Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Feb 29, 2024
In this paper, we share our experience of using portfolio-based tasks to assess integrated skills... more In this paper, we share our experience of using portfolio-based tasks to assess integrated skills in German and Spanish language modules at level C1. The modules, delivered during the academic year 2022-23, are part of the institution-wide language provision at Durham University, which means that students come from various disciplines different from Modern Languages. It is argued that this assessment model provides an effective way of developing and testing a wide range of skills (subject-specific as well as transferable) within a community of learners coming from different disciplinary and academic backgrounds.
The assessment system we have used is based on the principles of flexibility and choice. Throughout the year, students build up a body of work where they record and reflect on the experiences of a person living in a country where the target language is spoken. The portfolio contains both formative and summative submissions, so that students can benefit from the feedback received for formative tasks to fine-tune their summative work. In this regard, the system involves a combination of assessment for learning and assessment as learning. Every submission integrates different language skills, as well as transferable skills such as decision-making, autonomy, creativity, critical thinking and intercultural knowledge. Besides adding authenticity to the assessment tasks, the development of these skills is aligned with the principles of education for sustainable development (AdvanceHE, 2021). At the end of the paper is an explanation of what has been learned from the use of this assessment system, as well as the aspects that could be enhanced and those that could be improved in future editions.
The assessment system we have used is based on the principles of flexibility and choice. Throughout the year, students build up a body of work where they record and reflect on the experiences of a person living in a country where the target language is spoken. The portfolio contains both formative and summative submissions, so that students can benefit from the feedback received for formative tasks to fine-tune their summative work. In this regard, the system involves a combination of assessment for learning and assessment as learning. Every submission integrates different language skills, as well as transferable skills such as decision-making, autonomy, creativity, critical thinking and intercultural knowledge. Besides adding authenticity to the assessment tasks, the development of these skills is aligned with the principles of education for sustainable development (AdvanceHE, 2021). At the end of the paper is an explanation of what has been learned from the use of this assessment system, as well as the aspects that could be enhanced and those that could be improved in future editions.
SCRIPTA. Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna, 2025
The name of the trobairitz Caudairenga appears in the account of the 18 women troubadours with no... more The name of the trobairitz Caudairenga appears in the account of the 18 women troubadours with no extant works who are mentioned in medieval Occitan texts. Caudairenga’s figure is featured in both lyric and narrative troubadour texts alongside that of her husband, the troubadour Raimon de Miraval (active between 1180 and 1213). In these instances, she is always associated with her artistic activity and described in the most flattering terms. However, she is also rejected by her husband, who, despite the different situations described in lyric and narrative texts, always seems to take issue with the fact that she is a successful poet in her own right. This paper looks at the texts where Caudairenga’s character is featured with a double aim: firstly, to elucidate which is the role of her presence in the different narratives where she appears; secondly, to identify and describe the confluence of attitudes and judgements (both positive and negative) around her figure and her identity as a trobairitz. The conclusions of this study will contribute to current knowledge about the way women troubadours were viewed by their contemporaries.
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This paper deals with the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among staff on ... more This paper deals with the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among staff on teaching-only contracts in UK higher education, particularly in contrast with the activities of researchactive staff. Drawing on the results of a quantitative study carried out during the summer of 2021 among modern foreign language teachers in 64 UK universities, the questions of the status and purpose of SoTL are addressed. The results of the survey show that, beyond the traditional two-tier division of academic labour based on the research vs. scholarship dichotomy, a third group of academic staff with no research or SoTL responsibilities has emerged in recent years. The paper concludes with recommendations to review the existing divisions between staff on research, SoTL and teaching-only contracts in order to create a more inclusive academic environment where individuals in different types of academic posts can fulfil their scholarly potential.
The future of assessment in language education: what have we learnt from the pandemic?
Language education during the pandemic: rushing online, assessment and community, 2023
This chapter lays out a framework for the reconsideration of assessment systems used in language ... more This chapter lays out a framework for the reconsideration of assessment systems used in language modules in the wake of the move to emergency remote teaching. It describes how the principles of holism, flexibility, choice and digital equity have emerged as the pillars of the reflection on assessment practices, looking into the potential implications of adopting these principles as the default foundations for future assessment systems. A case is made for the design of a model where online assessment grants all students equal opportunities to succeed, regardless of their technical, physical, human and social resources and circumstances, in both face-to-face and online teaching. Several aspects of assessment are considered, such as the nature, planning, scheduling and timing of tasks. The ongoing debate about the proliferation of academic misconduct in assessment practices—not only in language modules but widely in higher education—is factored in the discussion about the implementation of the principles mentioned above. The chapter concludes with a set of practical recommendations aimed at helping teachers to put these principles into practice. In all, the chapter offers language practitioners a resource for reflection and analysis of current and future assessment practices, focusing on how we can make the most of the learnings acquired during the move to online teaching to make assessment more diverse, inclusive and resilient.
La questio dels origens i el desenvolupament de la lirica cortesa a les corts occitanes durant le... more La questio dels origens i el desenvolupament de la lirica cortesa a les corts occitanes durant les ultimes decades del segle xi i al llarg del xii continua ocupant la critica literaria. Alguns dels estudis que s’hi han dedicat han identificat les claus de l’exit d’aquesta lirica amb alguns aspectes que consideren innovadors per al public de l’epoca, com ara l’exaltacio de l’amor huma i la posicio de poder en la qual apareix la dona. Aquest argument resulta poc convincent per dues raons: d’una banda, no considera la varietat de la casuistica amorosa que presenta la lirica trobadoresca; d’una altra banda, no te en compte que aquests motius ja eren presents en altres manifestacions liriques. En aquest article mostrem que l’atractiu de la lirica cortesa per a la seva audiencia no raia en aquests trets, sino en altres aspectes exclusius d’aquesta manifestacio i, per tant, innovadors. Tambe afirmem que la sobirania que s’ha atribuit a la dona en la lirica cortesa es, en realitat, ficticia...
VI. La poesía trovadoresca
Presentació: Estudis sobre lèxic, interpretació i traducció: traspassant fronteres
Anuario De Estudios Medievales, 2015
espanolLa lirica amorosa catalana de los siglos XIV y XV y la lirica castellana de cancionero, ad... more espanolLa lirica amorosa catalana de los siglos XIV y XV y la lirica castellana de cancionero, ademas de ser manifestaciones literarias contemporaneas y proximas en el espacio, comparten algunas caracteristicas: ambas se inscriben en la tradicion lirica cortes en lengua romance iniciada por los trovadores provenzales. Sin embargo, ciertos rasgos definitorios de la lirica de los poetas catalanes y valencianos de estos siglos implican la puesta en cuestion de algunos planteamientos basicos de la cortesia. En ocasiones, los poetas llegan a despojar los ideales corteses de su valor original, desacreditandolos en tanto que fuente de bien y de virtudes para el amante. En este articulo partimos de la constatacion de estas caracteristicas para analizar la lirica castellana en busca de posibles manifestaciones similares. El analisis que llevamos a cabo se centra en tres motivos: la valoracion de los usos amorosos contemporaneos, la imagen del amante cortes y la presencia en la ficcion poetic...
Anuari de Filologia, 1997
... Bernart de Ventadorn: Lo fin amic?: Imatges negatives de la Domna. Autores: Marion Coderch; L... more ... Bernart de Ventadorn: Lo fin amic?: Imatges negatives de la Domna. Autores: Marion Coderch; Localización: Anuari de filologia. Secció G, Filologia romànica, ISSN 1131-6918, Vol. 20, Nº 8, 1997 , págs. 31-44. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
INNOVELLS: Acciones colaborativas de innovación en la docencia del profesorado novel
Acciones de mejora de la calidad docente entre el profesorado novel: el desarrollo de la capacidad crítica
Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The aim of this activity report is to provide an initial appraisal of the current makeup of the p... more The aim of this activity report is to provide an initial appraisal of the current makeup of the professional group of modern foreign language teachers in UK Higher Education. The report is in two parts: a literature review that identifies the main defining qualities of modern foreign languages teachers, and an evaluation of the professional and academic profiles of language teachers in UK higher education, as displayed in the institutional websites of the universities where they work. The analysis of the data collected corroborates the characteristics identified in the literature: the low status of teaching staff, the often unconventional entry paths into the profession, the prevalence of the “native speaker” construct as a desirable feature in candidates who aspire to teach the language, the disparity in qualifications of language teachers, and their low engagement in research activities. Future prospects involve the verification (or amendment, where necessary) of the data collecte...
VI. La poesía trovadoresca
Adentrandonos En La Literatura Catalana Edad Media 2013 Isbn 9788436265767 Pags 127 160, 2013
The use of feudal vocabulary is the most innovative feature of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Oc... more The use of feudal vocabulary is the most innovative feature of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Occitan troubadour love lyric. The Catalan and Valencian poets who continued and reworked this tradition over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries preserved this convention with varying degrees of fidelity. The aim of this paper is to identify trends in the use of feudal vocabulary in the works of Catalan and Valencian poets, and to interpret these tendencies in the light of contemporary historic developments. The poets’ choices in selecting materials from the previous tradition provide valuable information about their strategies of adaptation to the requirements of their audiences. This analysis will allow delimitating similarities and differences between classical troubadour lyric and the works of later Catalan and Valencian poets, an essential step towards the definition of Catalan poetry in the late Middle Ages. The specific identity of this poetic expression has yet to be outlined, since it has traditionally been described in the context of disparaging comparisons with other earlier and contemporary poetic traditions.
(with Gemma Avenoza Vera) La reproduction du modèle dans des manuscrits hispaniques du XVe siècle