Emily SteinerRita CopelandMin, Mariah2023-05-222022-07-032019-08-272019-01-012019-08-27https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/30295This project explores medieval literature as a site to disentangle the longstanding critical conflation of character and psychology. I use the figure of Judas Iscariot as a case study to argue that the seeming incoherence of medieval characters can reframe characterization as a tactic deployed by the text, rather than an unmediated reflection of human subjectivity.157 p.application/pdfMariah MinDissertation/Thesis