Seminar für Englische Philologie
Universität Göttingen

SEMINAR:
SIR THOMAS MALORY: LE MORTE DARTHUR

WS 08/09
Wd 16-18, Medienraum
Oliver M. Traxel


SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule for this semester. The presentations are based on E. Archibald, ed., A Companion to Malory (Cambridge, 1996), and B. Dillon, A Malory Handbook (London, 1978); one is based on a chapter in Bennett, J. A. W., ed., Essays on Malory (Oxford, 1963) [books in my semester apparatus in the SUB; please do not take out!]. The text passages are taken from E. Vinaver, Malory: (Complete) Works, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1977) [book in my semester apparatus in the seminar library; please do not take out!].


Session Date Presentation Passages in E. Vinaver, ed., Malory: (Complete) Works
       
1. 15.10. Introduction, Schedule, Distribution of Presentations  
2. 22.10. Video, Discussion  
3. 29.10. The Tale of King Arthur
(Archibald, pp. 133-45; Dillon, pp. 19-42) 		Tale 1:
pp. 3.1-5.31
4. 5.11. The Tale of the Noble King Arthur
(Archibald, pp. 145-51; Dillon, pp. 43-46) 		Tale 2:
pp. 117.30-120.23
5. 12.11. The Noble Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake
(Archibald, pp. 153-6 & 169-81; Dillon, pp. 47-52) 		Tale 3:
pp. 169.16-172.15
6. 19.11. The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney
(Archibald, pp. 156-69; Dillon, pp. 53-62) 		Tale 4:
pp. 177.1-180.1
7. 26.11. The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones
(Archibald, pp. 183-201; Dillon, pp. 63-113) 		Tale 5:
pp. 477.16-480.30
8. 3.12. The Quest of the Holy Grail
(Archibald, pp. 203-20; Dillon, pp. 114-40) 		Tale 6:
pp. 548.9-551.19
9. 10.12. The Book of Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere
(Archibald, pp. 221-9; Dillon, pp. 141-53) 		Tale 7:
pp. 637.34-640.44
10. 17.12. cancelled due to external committments  
11. 7.1. Chivalry
(Archibald, pp. 19-35) 		Tale 7:
pp. 653.19-656.40
12. 14.1. cancelled due to illness  
13. 21.1. The Death of King Arthur
(Archibald, pp. 229-38; Dillon, pp. 154-65) 		Tale 8:
pp. 675.41-678.26
14. 28.1. Language and Style
(Archibald, pp. 97-113);
Exam Preparation 		Tale 8:
pp. 712.28-714.18
15. Th 5.2. 14:00 Final Exam 9b (Combined with Lecture) in ZHG 101  


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