| Unit name | Arthurian Literature |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL20026 |
| Credit points | 30 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Putter |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Normally, the successful completion of appropriate Level 1 English units |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit will focus on the Arthurian legend from early medieval to modern times: the origins of the legend in Geoffrey of Monmouth's History; the first Arthurian 'romances' by Chretien de Troyes; the most influential of the English redactions - Malory's Morte D'Arthur; the use made by Spenser of Arthurian material in The Faerie Queene; and Victorian and 20th-century responses to Malory (e.g. by Tennyson, Arnold, Morris, Mark Twain).
