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Your major, college and year
Campus address
Your reasons for taking this course
Previous exposure to medieval literature
Titles of the last two books you read for fun
January 26: Does hearing Beowulf performed change your understanding of the poem? If so, how and why? If not, how are the performance and your reading of Beowulf congruent?
February 2: How does Chretien define the chivalric male through the characters of Lancelot and Yvain?
February 9: Which of Marie's lays is your favorite? Why?
February 16: What difficulties do you have reading Middle English?
February 23: What specifically did you learn from Dr. Hodges's lecture and class visit?
March 6: Do Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Morte Arthur share any common themes? If so, what and how? March 15: Does hearing the works performed change the way you read medieval lyrics? Why or why not?
March 29: What relationship does Bernard establish with the Virgin? Does this relationship resemble any others you've encountered so far this semester?
April 5: How do the York Plays treat their Biblical source material?
April 12: In what ways does the York cycle resemble Duccio's Maesta (you can find this on the Web site)
April 19: How many meanings does the Pearl poet ascribe to the word "pearl"? Describe the significance of each individual meaning, as well as that of the composite meaning.
April 26: Identify a theme or idea found in Bernard's sermons or the York plays that Julian elaborates on in her showings. How does Julian give us a different perspective on your chosen idea?