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The Week Ahead in English Literature I

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February 4-7: The Week Ahead in English Lit. I

Overview:

This week we finish our discussion of Beowulf with a conversation in class based on your Commonplace Book Assignment. On Wednesday, we will turn to your Timeline Project entries, and you will be presenting your periods to us in class. For Friday's class, we will then turn to stories about a werewolf and a fairy queen from Marie de France.

Assignments Due:

-Your Commonplace Book is due in class on Tuesday. Please bring it to class to submit, and make sure you review the assignment and rubric so that you turn in all of the required components!

-Please post your Timeline Entry to the Master Timeline by class time on Wednesday.

Questions to Consider for Reading and Class Discussion:

For Friday:

-In "Bisclavret," the wife of the werewolf receives a rather odd punishment in the end. What is it? Why do you think it is significant?

-Lanval is an outsider of sorts in the court of Arthur. Why? Why is this an important detail in the story?

-At first glance, it seems that Lanval receives something very desirable at the end of the story. But do you think there is anything that is undesirable about his position? You might think of this question quite literally--what is his "position" at the very end of the story?!

-What do you think the stories "Bisclavret" and "Lanval" tell us about the culture from which they come? What are the values of this world? What specific examples in the text do you see that offer evidence of these values?