E 201: MAJOR BRITISH AUTHORS


201 Schedule

 

Feb

We meet TTH 11:15 am - 12:30pm in Bartlett.

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WEEK 4 Old English Epic

    Tu 21 Feb. NO CLASS

    • Monday class schedule

    Th 23 Feb. Beowulf I

    • Beowulf, "Introduction," pp. 23-27 due.
    • Beowulf, lines 1-3194 (pp. 27-94) due.
Consider the parallels between the first half of the poem and the second. How is the quest motif translated from one set of cicumstances to the next? What does that imply about Beowulf and kingship? Has he achieved his goal?