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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc. (10.02.2024)
An elementary knowledge of Middle English is a bonus but not a prerequisite. The analysis and discussions will be based on the original text of the poem, but will also look to its renderings into Present-Day English. The sessions will be conducted in English and Czech, as needed. |
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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc. (08.02.2024)
SGGK, edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon, 2nd edition ed. by Norman Davis, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925, 1967 http://www.maldura.unipd.it/dllags/brunetti/ME/index_gaw.php?poe=gaw&lingua=eng (http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/c/cme/cme-idx?type=header&idno=Gawain)
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME: Week 1 (19 February) Introductory: Division of Labour. The Alliterative Verse. Romance as a genre. Reading: Cooper, Introduction to SGGK in Keith Harrison’s translation, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. ix-xxi (‛The poet’; ‛The romance background’) and xxxiii-xxxviii (‛The Poetics of SGGK’). In-class Close reading: ll. 1(I. Fitt)- 84 {From Troy to Camelot. Christmas time at Camelot}.
Week 2 (26 February) Presentation 1: Derek Brewer, ‛Feasts’, in: Brewer, D. - Gibson, J., A Companion to the Gawain-Poet, D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 131-143. Close reading: ll. 85-249 {Green Knight’s arrival and challenge}.
Week 3 (4 March) Presentation 2: Derek Brewer, ‛The Colour Green’, in: Brewer, D. - Gibson, J., A Companion to the Gawain-Poet, D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 181-191. Close reading: ll. 250-490 {First beheading and the covenant between Gawain and the Green Knight}.
Week 4 (11 March) Close reading: ll. 491 (II. Fitt) – 639 {Gawain puts on armour}. Presentation 3: Derek Brewer, ‛Armour II: The Arming Topos as Literature’, in: Brewer, D. - Gibson, J., A Companion to the Gawain-Poet, D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 175-180.
Week 5 (18 March) Close reading: ll. 640-810 {Gawain’s Journey and arrival at Bercilak’s castle}. Presentation 4: Elizabeth Brewer, ‛The Sources of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’, in: Brewer, D. - Gibson, J., A Companion to the Gawain-Poet, D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 243-256.
Week 6 (25 March) Close reading: ll. 811-1125 {Reception by the host}.
Week 7 (8 April) Close reading: ll. 1126 (III. Fitt) – 1411 {1st bedroom scene and 1st hunt}.
Week 8 (15 April) Close reading: ll. 1412 – 1689 {2nd bedroom scene and 2nd hunt}.
Week 9 (22 April) Close reading: ll. 1690 – 1921 {3rd bedroom scene and 3rd hunt}.
Week 10 (29 April) Close reading: ll. 1921 – 1997 {Gawain’s last night at Hautdesert}. Presentation 5: J. A. Burrow, ‛The Third Fitt’, in: Burrow, J. A. B., A Reading of SGGK, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965, pp. 96-104.
Week 11 (6 May) Close reading: ll. 1998 (IV. Fitt) – 2258 {Gawain’s journey to the Green Chapel and the encounter with the Green Knight}. Presentation 6: Helen Cooper, ‛The Supernatural’, in: Brewer, D. - Gibson, J., A Companion to the Gawain-Poet, D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 277-293.
Week 12 (13 May) Close reading: ll. 2259 – 2478 {Return Blow and Denouement}. Presentation 7: Helen Cooper, Introduction to SGGK in Keith Harrison’s translation, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. xxii-xxxiii (‛The Poem’). |
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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc. (09.02.2024)
Students will be required to complete their weekly reading assignments, offer one presentation and write an essay (3,000 words) on a topic they will choose. Some thematic tips for essays:
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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc. (09.02.2024)
Primary texts: Andrew, M. and Waldron R., eds. 1987. The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript. 2nd rev. edn,1996. Exeter. Borroff, M., trans. 1977. Pearl. New York. Hahn, T., ed. 1995. Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Tolkien, J.R.R. and Gordon E.V., eds. 1967. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Rev. N. Davis. Oxford. 2nd edn. Secondary texts: Borroff, Marie. 1952. Sir Gawain and tlze Green K11iglzt: A Stylistic and Metrical Study, Yale University Press. Brewer, D. - Gibson, J., A Companion to the Gawain-Poet, D. S. Brewer, Cambridge, 1997 Brewer, L. E., ed. 1992. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Sources and Analogues. Cambridge. 2nd edn. Arthurian Studies 27. Burrow, J. A. 1965. A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. London. Cooper, Helen. 1998. Introduction to SGGK in Keith Harrison’s translation, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University Press.
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