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Section Information for Fall 2022
As one of the most often retold stories since the early middle ages, the legend of King Arthur provides a unique opportunity to think about the relationship of culture, politics, and religion to storytelling and literature. There are hundreds of versions of the King Arthur story, appearing in dozens of languages. In this section of English 202, we will read a selection of those tales in order to trace the evolution of the Arthurian myth over time and in different geographical locations, studying differences in genre, audience, and ideology, as well as the myth’s relationship to cultural and religious history. In the process we'll think critically about modern appropriations of medieval and knightly iconography and confront (and debunk) popular misconceptions about the Middle Ages. And we'll encounter adventuring knights, damsels in distress, and a giant who steals kings' beard in order to make a coat out of them! Works will include Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte Darthur, and T.H. White's The Sword in the Stone.
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Credits: 3
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