Texts: Beowulf, trans. Charles Kennedy. Oxford UP.
Chrtien de Troyes, Arthurian Romances. Penguin.
Marie de France. The Lais of Marie de France, trans. Burgess and Busby. Penguin.
A Middle English Anthology, ed. Ann S. Haskell. Wayne State.
Malory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte DÕArthur, ed. Janet Cowen. Vol. 2. Penguin.
York Mystery Plays, ed. Beadle and King. Oxford UP.
Julian of Norwich, Showings, trans. Colledge and Walsh. Paulist Press.
Bernard of Clairvaux, Homilies in Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Cistercian Press
Print Shop Packet
2. NOTEBOOK, kept in and 8.5 x 11" three ring binder. In this class I am experimenting with ways technology might enhance your learning. To this end, I am assigning a question every week, list to be found at the class WWW site, that you will answer in your journal and post to the class discussion list. In addition, you will react to each reading assignment and do informal writing assignments in class. Reading reactions and assigned out-of-class journal entries should be one page long. Remember to bring your notebook to class, along with your texts, as you will use it regularly. I will collect and check notebooks several times during the semester. Please do not hand in your class notes as your journal. I know what happens in class. Your notebook should tell me what you are thinking about the material you read. The grade (check plus, check, check minus) will depend on how well your notebook reflects your engagement with the subject matter as shown in thoughtful, conscientious and regular entries. Notebook counts 15% of final grade. Please feel free to e-mail your entries and post them to the class discussion list. If you do this, make hard copies that you turn in when I collect the notebooks.
3. Class discussion list and WWW site. I have set up for this class an e-mail discussion list and a World Wide Web site. At the Web site you will find information pertaining to this pragmatics of this class, including syllabus, paper assignments, out-of-class journal assignments and other announcements, in addition to materials to supplement the readings. It will be your responsibility to visit this site regularly to make sure you are current with class happenings. Each student will also subscribe to the class discussion list and will post responses to both in-class and out-of-class questions to this list. To subscribe to the class discussion list, send a message to listproc@list.uvm.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the message area, type: Subscribe Engl125 Your name. To access the WWW site, open Netscape. Pull down the file menu to Open Location and type: http://www.uvm.edu/~lbrought/eng125.html/
4. MIDTERM HOUR EXAM, March 8. You may be excused from this exam by only your college dean or the student health center. Exam counts 20% of your final grade.
5. FINAL EXAM. Two hours. Your absence from this exam, unless you've been excused by your college dean, means automatic failure for the course. Exam counts 20% of your final grade.
6. SPECIAL EVENTS: Two special events have been incorportated into this course. The first will be a performance of Beowulf by Benjamin Bagby of the early music ensemble, Sequentia. This will take place Thursday, January 25, at the Music Building Recital Hall at 8 PM. Sequentia will also be performing Friday, January 26 as part of the Lane Series. Although attendance at this is not required, I highly recommend that you see this concert. The second required event will be a lecture by Dr. Laura Hodges, who specializes in medieval costume, Thursday, February 22, 4:30 PM, in 301 Williams. Dr. Hodges will visit this class Friday, February 23.
7. CLASS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION counts 5% toward your final grade. Repeated, unexcused absences will significantly lower your final grade. You will be counted absent if you are late for class. You should bring both your texts and notebook to each class meeting; notebook entries and class discussion involve reference to the text.
January 19 Beowulf (ca. 1000), 3-40
January 22 Beowulf, 40-71
January 24 Beowulf, 71-101
January 25 Sequentia
January 26 Chrtien, Lancelot (ca. 1180), 207-250, Sequentia
January 29 " " 251-94
January 31 " Yvain, 295-326
February 2 " " 326-80
February 5 Marie de France (date?), 41-72 (Guigemar, Equitan, Le Fresne, Bisclavret)
February 7 " 73-96 (Lanval, Les Deus Amanz, Yonec, Laustic)
February 9 " 97-126 (Milun, Chaitevel, Chevrefoil, Eliduc)
February 12 Sir Orfeo (ca. 1325). In Haskell, 247-62
February 14 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1390), lines 1-639.
February 16 SGGK 640-1262
February 19 No class--President's Day
February 21 SGGK 1263-1892
February 22 Laura Hodges lecture, 4:30 PM, 301 Williams
February 23 SGGK 1893-2530 Laura Hodges class visit
February 26 Malory, Morte D'Arthur (ca. 1470) Books XIII-XV, 238-300
February 28 " Books XVI-XVII, 301-72
March 1 " Book XVIII, 373-426 ESSAY 1
March 4 " Books XIX-XX, 427-504
March 6 " Book XXI (505-531)
March 8 Hour Exam
March 11 Lyrics, Haskell 342-53
March 13 Lyrics, packet
March 15 Lyrics, packet
March 18-22 Spring Break
March 25 Bernard, Homilies I and II, 5-31
March 28 Bernard, Homilies III and IV, 33-58
March 29 Hildegard, packet.
April 1 York Plays, Fall-Nativity, 1-64
April 3 " Herod-Temptation, 65-105
April 5 " Entry-Pilate's Wife, 106-174
April 8 " Christ before Herod-Death of Christ, 175-236
April 10 " Harrowing-Judgement, 237-279
April 12 " catch-up and review
April 15 Pearl, (ca. 1390) stanzas 1-34, in Haskell, pp. 278-98
April 17 " 35-68, pp. 298-320
April 19 " 69-101, pp. 320-340
April 22 Julian, Long text, chapters 1-20, pp. 175-214
April 24 " chapters 21-44, pp. 214-56 ESSAY 2
April 26 " chapters 45-59, pp. 256-97
April 29 " chapters 60-86, pp. 297-343
May 1 Summation