Arthurian Legend Reading and Writing Assignments


The assignments listed below do not include your participation on the Discussion Board which is described separately.

1 Mon. Jan. 29 Introduction to the course; The Latin Chronicles; Arthurian Endings
2 Wed. Jan. 31 Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain (pp. 149-261); the Latin Chronicles of Gildas and Nennius (xeroxes and websites)
3 Mon. Feb. 5 Geoffrey of Monmouth; Introduction to Lab and Discussion Board Note: Your e-mail accounts should be set up by now.
4 Wed. Feb. 7 Geoffrey of Monmouth
Mon. Feb. 12 College Closed
5   Tue. Feb. 13
Classes follow a Monday Schedule
Wace, Roman de Brut (pp. 1-102)
6 Wed. Feb. 14 Wace
Mon. Feb. 19 College Closed
7 Wed. Feb. 21 Wace Journal questions due: Geoffrey; the Latin Chronicles; Wace
8 Mon. Feb. 26 Chrétien de Troyes: Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart
9 Wed. Feb. 28 The Knight of the Cart
10 Mon. Mar. 5 The Knight of the Cart
11 Wed. Mar. 7 The Knight of the Cart Knight of the Cart journal questions due.
12 Mon. Mar. 12 Chrétien de Troyes: Yvain or the Knight with the Lion Research paper topics due. All topics must be approved by me in advance.
13 Wed. Mar. 14 Yvain Mid-Term exam question due. Yvain journal questions due
14 Mon. Mar. 19 Yvain In-class mid-term question (one hour).
15 Wed. Mar. 21 Lancelot of the Lake (excerpts): 4-10; 18-38; 46-81; 98-103; 109-111; 118-129; 138-151; 188 (bottom)-205; 207-213; 233-261; 270-281; 290-298; 304-336; 340-345; summary from bottom 349-350 top; 361-381; 384-395; 405-418 Yvain journal questions due.
16 Mon. Mar. 26 Lancelot of the Lake
17 Wed. Mar. 28 Lancelot of the Lake .
18 Mon. Apr. 2 Lancelot of the Lake Draft of research paper with preliminary bibliography due. Lancelot of the Lake journal questions due.
19 Wed. Apr. 4 The Quest of the Holy Grail
Thurs. Apr. 5 Last Day to Withdraw with permission of an advisor
April 7-15 Spring Recess
20 Mon. Apr. 16 Quest of the Holy Grail Videos: The Quest of the Grail. The Western Tradition: programs 22, 23, 24 (religion in the Middle Ages)
21 Wed. Apr. 18 The Quest of the Holy Grail
22 Mon. Apr. 23 Quest of the Holy Grail Quest journals due.
23 Wed. Apr. 25 The Death of King Arthur
24 Mon. Apr. 30 The Death of King Arthur
25 Wed. May 2 The Death of King Arthur
26 Mon. May 7 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Video: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
27 Wed. May 9 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Final Examination question distributed.
28 Mon. May 14 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; concluding remarks
Thursday, May 17 Last day to hand in final examination question and research paper.