- Profesor: Sarah Jane Brazil
- Profesor: Christiania Whitehead
The fourteenth-century text Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an enigmatic and chance survival of medieval English literature. Existing in a sole manuscript, yet part of a sprawling Arthurian European tradition, and with connections to Irish and Norse literature through its beheading game, giants and language, it is one of the most complex artefacts of medieval England to remain. This seminar will allow students to gain mastery of the Middle English text through close reading, and explore the critical history and reception of this version of Sir Gawain.