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Academic Year 2004/2005
Days and Knights of the Round Table
FREN 234 FA
This course will study the evolution of the Arthurian legend from its origins in 6th-century Britain to its fullest development in the 13th-century French Lancelot-Grail cycle. The course will look at the way the
various
developments of the legend were rooted in specific historical circumstances and yet contributed to the elaboration of a rich and complex narrative that has been appropriated in different ways by each succeeding period of
western European culture.
MAJOR READINGS
Excerpts from various early documents
Geoffrey of Monmouth, L¿Histoire des rois de Bretagne, Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut
Marie de France, Lanval, Le lai du cor
Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide, Le Chevalier au
lion, Le Chevalier de la
charrette, LeConte du graal La quête du graal
La mort du roi Arthur
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Frequent short papers.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Rider,Jeff
- Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: RLAN106;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 0
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 9 SO: 11 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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