- Enseignant-e: Sarah Jane Brazil
NOTE: THIS SEMINAR BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 27. PLEASE ATTEND PROFESSOR GUILLEMETTE BOLEN'S BA4 LECTURE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 IN ORDER TO SIGN UP.
Please note that the enrolment key for this Moodle page will be given in the first class.
This class takes place in IFAGE 406.
“Beowulf”, “Sir Orfeo”, and “Sir Gawain & the Green Knight”. In each of these narratives, the principal character enters, trespasses, or is invited into a realm that exists outside of the norm in some way. The dragon’s mound, the Fairy King’s shining kingdom, and the castle of Bertilak are all linked in some way to the burial mound, a funerary practice evident in early English history in sites such as Sutton Hoo, but with links stemming back to the Bronze Age. We will explore how these sites gave inspiration to literary treatments of the marvellous.