[Fall 2003]
ENGL W3261
English Literature to 1500
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| Prof. Susan Crane |
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SYLLABUS
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| Session 1: |
Introduction |
| Session 2: |
Caedmon's Hymn (1); Dream of the Rood (94);
Divine Love (564) |
| Session 3: |
Wanderer (82), Wife's Complaint (85), Husband's
Message (86), Riddles (91), Genesis B (93); Battle of
Maldon (100) |
| Session 4: |
Beowulf (2-38) |
| Session 5: |
Beowulf (38-58) |
| Session 6: |
Beowulf (58-78) |
| Session 7: |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (356-86)
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| Session 8: |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (386-405) |
| Session 9: |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (405-416) |
| Session 10: |
Middle English Lyrics (547ff):
Spring, Sumer Is Ycumen in
Alison
Separated Lovers
Western Wind
He Is Far
Maid of the Moor
Agincourt Carol
Adam Lay Ybounden
Corpus Christi Carol
FIRST PAPER DUE (5-7pp)
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| Session 11: |
Sir Orfeo (333) |
| Session 12: |
Chaucer: General Prologue to the Canterbury
Tales (124-130) |
| Session 13: |
General Prologue (130-138) |
| Session 14: |
General Prologue (139-148) |
| Session 15: |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| Session 16: |
Miller's Prologue and Tale (148) |
| Session 17: |
Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale (167)
QUIZ #1 (translation) |
| Session 18: |
Travels of Sir John Mandeville |
| Session 19: |
Travels of Sir John Mandeville |
| Session 20: |
Wife of Bath's Prologue (192) |
| Session 21: |
Wife of Bath's Prologue (216)
SECOND PAPER DUE (10 pp) |
| Session 22: |
Franklin's Prologue and Tale (229) |
| Session 23: |
Visions of Piers Plowman (439) |
| Session 24: |
Chester Play of Noah (487) |
| Session 25: |
QUIZ #2: paleography and editing |
| Session 26: |
Everyman (496) |
| Session 27: |
Malory: Morte Darthur (417)
QUIZ #3 (translation) |
| Session 28: |
Review |
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| BASIC REFERENCE
WORKS FOR MEDIEVAL LITERARY STUDIES:
Middle English Dictionary:
----- Ancient/Medieval Reading Room, Dictionaries shelf,
PE679.M54
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church:
----- Ancient/Medieval Reading Room BR95.O8 1997
Atlas of Medieval Jewish History:
----- Butler Reference R 912 B35
Manual of the Writings in Middle English:
----- Butler Reference R 016.82 W46 1967
Dictionary of the Middle Ages:
----- Ancient/Medieval Reading Room D114.D5 1982
----- Butler Reference R940 D56
Bible concordances and encyclopedias:
----- Butler Stacks and Ancient/Medieval Reading Room:
BS400 and following
Latin Vulgate Bible (the medieval Christian Bible) :
----- Ancient/Medieval Reading Room BS75 1975
Douay-Rheims Bible (English translation of the Latin
Vulgate Bible):
----- Ancient/Medieval Reading Room BS180. 1989
WEBSITES AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES:
Reading and Pronouncing Middle English:
http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer "Teach Yourself
Chaucer"
Middle English Compendium (includes Middle English Dictionary):
Search CLIO by this title for weblink
International Medieval Bibliography (on CD-Rom):
Search CLIO by this title for locations
MLA International Bibliography:
Search CLIO by this title for weblink
Medieval Bibles on the web:
Start at http://www.awmach.org/webo/home.htm, choose
Online Bibles, then choose Vulgate (the medieval Latin
Bible) and Douay-Rheims (English translation of the
Vulgate)
New Chaucer Society:
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~chaucer
On main page, click "Links to Other Chaucerian
Resources." Check out especially "Chaucer
Metapage," "Online Chaucer Bibliography,"
and "The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies."
Other good web guides to Chaucer:
http://www. luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm (beginner's
guide)
http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer (college-level guide)
http://orb.rhodes.edu (graduate level "online reference
book")
http://www.canterburytales.org (Chaucer texts and verse
translations)
Columbia University Ancient and Medieval Studies Program:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/manc/manc.medieval.html
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