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MVGA/ENGA 6628:
The French of England I: Texts and Territories in Medieval Britain
Syllabus
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Books to be Purchased
- Judith Weiss, tr. The Birth of Romance: An Anthology. Everyman, 1992
- Wace, The Roman de Brut: English and Old French, Judith Weiss, ed. and trans. Exeter: University of Exeter Press
- Chrétien de Troyes, Arthurian Romances, tr. William W. Kibler. Penguin
- Jocelyn Wogan-Browne and Glyn S. Burgess, trs. Virgin Lives and Holy Deaths: Two Exemplary Biographies for Anglo-Norman Women. London: Dent, 1996
- Marie de France, The Lais of Marie de France, tr. Glyn S. Burgess and Keith Busby. New York: Penguin, 1986
- E. Einhorn. Old French: A Concise Handbook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Course Requirements
- a written explication de texte (close reading), due October 23
- a class presentation: a paper of approximately 5 pages
- a final paper of 15-20 pages, due Friday, December 14
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Schedule
| 1. September 4 |
Old French and its Dialects: English and its Linguistic Cultures
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Lodge, French: From Dialect to Standard, "The Latinisation of Gaul," pp. 39-53; "Selection of Norms," pp. 85-117
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Suzanne Romaine, Bilingualism, "The Sociolinguistic Composition of Multilingual Countries," pp. 25-37
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The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature, ed. David Wallace. Susan Crane, "Anglo-Norman Cultures in Medieval England, 1066-1460," pp. 35-60; Christopher Baswell, "Latinitas," pp. 122-151
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| 2. September 11 |
Prologues |
| 3. September 18 |
Courtly Places, Courtly Identities
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| 4. September 25 |
Identities and the Arthurian Ideal
Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide; selections from Cligès
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| 5. October 2. |
Translation Without Boundaries?
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Romain du Cor
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Lai d'Haveloc
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| 6. October 9 |
No Class
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| 7. October 16 |
Identities and the Arthurian Ideal Nationalizing Narratives I
La Chanson de Roland
Visiting lecturer: Prof. Robert Stein, SUNY Purchase and Columbia
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| 8. October 23 |
Nationalizing Narratives II
- Wace, Roman de Brut
- Prologue and frame of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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| 9. October 30 |
Foundations and Foundresses
- Extract from La Lumere as Lais
- Vie de St. Osith
- Des Granz Geanz
- Virgil, The Aeneid, Book IV
- Roman d'Eneas
- Christine de Pizan, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames
- Chaucer, House of Fame, book 1; Legend of Good Women
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| 10. November 6 |
Rules, Rituals, and Identities
- Manières de Langage
- La Folie Tristan
Visiting lecturer: Prof. Susan Crane, Rutgers University
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| 11. November 13 |
Dying for Love: Court and Community
- Clemence of Barking, La Vie de Ste. Catherine
- The "Eructavit" for Marie de Champagne
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| 12. November 20 |
Constructing Family Lineages
- Matthew Paris, Estoire de seint Aedward le rei
- Anonymous Nun of Barking, Vie de saint Edouard
- Fouke le Fitz Waryn
- Chrétien de Troyes, Guillaume de'Angleterre
- Guillaume le Clerc, Fergus de Galeweie
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| 13. November 27 |
Constructing the Christian Nation
- La Venjance Nostre Seignur (MS Egerton 613)
- Matthew Paris, La Vie de St. Auban
- R.I. Moore, The Formation of a Persecuting Society
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| 14. December 4 |
The Hundred Years' War and National Identity
Selections from: Charles d'Orléans, Christine de Pizan, Froissart, Hoccleve, Lydgate, anonymous Middle English lyrics, Le Débat des hérauts d'armes de France et d'Angleterre
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