ENGLISH MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

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ENGLISH 325/514--SECTION 01                                          M-TH 5:30-7:30--EN 266D

SUMMER 2004                                                                        FLOREY


TEXT
Garbaty:   Medieval English Literature, Waveland Press

 
June    1   Introduction
 2   Anglo-Saxon Poetry and the Lyric; "The Battle of Brunanburg, pp. 49-52, 
  Lyrics, pp. 631-46
 3   Lyrics, pp. 647-74 OPTIONAL PAPER ASSIGNED


  
 7   The Ballad, pp. 484-536
 8   Geoffrey of Monmouth, from The History of the Kings of Britain, pp. 122-140
 9   The Romance:  "King Horn," pp. 142-180
10   "Havelock the Dane," pp. 181-253


 
14    FIRST EXAM
15    "Gawain and the Green Knight" pp. 255-332 You may wish to use a translation
16    "                                                      "

17

  The Breton Lay:  "Lanval" and "Sir Orfeo," pp. 340-364 


 
21   The Fabliau: "Dame Sirith," pp. 442-54
22   SECOND EXAM
23   The Beast Fable and the Debate: from "The Bestiary" and "The Fox and the Wolf," pp. 538-53;
  "The Debate of Body and Soul," pp. 603-19
24   Didactic and Hagiographical Literature: from "The Ancrene Riwle," pp. 756-66;
  from "Handlyng Synne," pp. 782-93, Richard Rolle, pp. 795-97 OPTIONAL PAPER DUE


 
28   "The Second Shephard's Play," pp. 882-906
29   "Everyman," pp. 907-931
30   Malory, Morte Darthur, pp. 835-59
July 1   FINAL EXAM

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