English 536: Medieval Literature Schedule

Week One:(Aug 27)	M: Introduction
	W: Anglo-Saxon culture; Anglo-Saxon Poems FROM WEBPAGE: Riddles, Wanderer, Seafarer, Ruin, Wife’s Lament, Dream of the Rood
Week Two:(Sept. 3)	M: Holiday
	W: Anglo Saxon poetry cont; begin Beowulf, lines 1-200
Week Three:(Sept. 10)	M: Beowulf: lines 200-1250.
	W: Beowulf: lines 1250-1759
Week Four: (Sept. 17)	M: Beowulf: lines 1760-3180, digressions
	W:Tristan
Week Five: (Sept. 24)	M: Tristan and Marie de France: Chevrefeuille
	W: Tristan
Week Six: (Oct. 1)	M: Marie de France: Prologue and Lanval
	W: Guigemar
Week Seven: (Oct. 8)	M: La Fresne and Laustic
	W: Yonec and Bisclavret
Week Eight: (Oct. 15)	M: Eliduc
	W: Midterm
Week Nine: (Oct. 22)	M: In-Class Manuscript Exercise
	W: Mabinogion: “Pwyll” and “Branwen”
Week Ten: (Oct. 29)	M: Mabingion: “Lludd” and “How Culhwch Won Olwen”
	W: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I-II
Week Eleven: (Nov. 5)	M: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. II-III. Manuscript Exercise due
	W: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight III-IV
Week Twelve: (Nov. 12)	M: Holiday
	W: Pearl. Paper Due
Week 13: (Nov. 19)	M: Chaucer: The Miller’s Tale
	W: Chaucer: The Franklin’s Tale
Week 14: (Nov. 26)	M: Malory
	W: Malory
Week 15: (Dec. 3)	M: Malory
	W: Malory