Meetings and Readings

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014

Introduction

Friday, Jan. 17

Ovid – Metamorphoses – (“Narcissus and Echo”)

Narcisus et Dané (http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/cultures-languages-and-area-studies/liverpoolonline/narcisus.pdf)

Monday, Jan. 20

Marie de France – Prologue, Guigemar, and Le Fresne

Wednesday, Jan. 22

Marie de France – Yonec, Laüstic, and Lanval

Friday, Jan. 24

Béroul – Tristan

Monday, Jan. 27

Béroul – Tristan

Marie de France – Chevrefoil

Wednesday, Jan. 29

St. Anselm – Prayers and Meditations (selections TBA)

Friday, Jan. 31

St. Anselm – Proslogion

Monday, Feb. 3

St. Bernard – On Loving God (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bernard/loving_God/loving_God.html)

Wednesday, Feb. 5

St. Bernard – On Loving God

Song of Songs (any scholarly translation) and handouts of St. Bernard’s sermons

Last day for required meeting

Friday, Feb. 7

Chrétien de Troyes – The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)

Monday, Feb. 10

Chrétien de Troyes – The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)

Wednesday, Feb. 12

Chrétien de Troyes – The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)

Friday, Feb. 14

The Miracles of Saint James – (Miracles 1-22)

Jacobus de Voragine’s The Golden Legend – (“Saint James the Greater”)

Monday, Feb. 17

The Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago de Compostela

Paper One Rough Drafts Due

Wednesday, Feb. 19

The Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago de Compostela

Paper One Rough Draft Critiques Due

Friday, Feb. 21

Dante – Inferno

Paper One Revised Rough Drafts Due

Monday, Feb. 24

Dante – Inferno

Wednesday, Feb. 26

Dante – Inferno

Friday, Feb. 28

Dante – Inferno

Paper One Due

Midterm Exam Distributed

Monday, Mar. 3

Dante – Purgatorio

Midterm Exam Due

Wednesday, Mar. 5

Dante – Purgatorio

Friday, Mar. 7

Dante – Purgatorio

Spring Break – Mar. 8 – 16

Monday, Mar. 17

Dante – Purgatorio

Wednesday, Mar. 19

Dante – Paradiso

Friday, Mar. 21

Dante – Paradiso

Monday, Mar. 24

Dante – Paradiso

Wednesday, Mar. 26

Dante – Paradiso

Friday, Mar. 28

The Cattle Raid of Fróech, The Dream of Óengus, Pwyll Lord of Dyfed, and The Dream of Maxen

Monday, Mar. 31

Class visit to Special Collections

Wednesday, Apr. 2

The Voyage of St. Brendan

Friday, Apr. 4

Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales – (General Prologue and “The Pardoner’s Tale”)

Monday, Apr. 7

Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales – (“The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”)

Wednesday, Apr. 9

Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales – (“The Franklin’s Tale”)

Paper/Project Two Rough Drafts Due

Friday, Apr. 11

Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales – (“The Tale of Melibee,” Summary of “The Parson’s Prologue and Tale,” and Chaucer’s Retraction)

Paper/Project Two Rough Draft Critiques Due

Monday, Apr. 14

The Quest of the Holy Grail

Paper/Project Two Revised Rough Drafts Due

Wednesday, Apr. 16

The Quest of the Holy Grail

Easter – Apr. 18 – 21

Wednesday, Apr. 23

The Quest of the Holy Grail

Friday, Apr. 25

The Quest of the Holy Grail

Paper/Project Two Due

Monday, Apr. 28

Chrétien de Troyes – The Story of the Grail (Perceval) (selections TBA)

Wednesday, Apr. 30

Marie de France – Eliduc

Conclusion