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Academic Year 2005/2006

Days and Knights of the Round Table
FREN 234 FA
Crosslistings:
MDST 234

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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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