E 201: MAJOR BRITISH AUTHORS


201 Schedule

 

Mar

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

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WEEK 6 Medieval Epics II

    Tu 7 Mar. CLASS CANCELLED Gawain

    • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Introduction, pp. 119-121 due.
    • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, lines 1-1125, pp. 121-144 due.
    • Gawain manuscript images

     

    Th 9 Mar. CLASS CANCELLED Gawain

    • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, lines 1126-2531, pp. 144-173 due.

Why is the king championed? Consider the roles of king, champion and challenger in the other poems we have read. How does the situation at court (and allegorically in the world) give rise to a quest?

Instructor is ill.