| Week One | The Nature of the Arthurian Corpus
MOVIES: King Arthur: From Romance to Archeology |
| Week Two | Originary Impulses: Chronicle, Folklore, Archeology
READING: Gildas, Bede, Nennius ,"Annales Cambriae," William of Malmesbury, Giraldus Cambrensis, Ralph Higden (in CRB). History, and Archeology: The Present Looks at the Past READING: Geoffrey Ashe, "The Origins of the Arthurian Legend," in Arthuriana 5.3 (Fall 1995) [in CRB] DEBATES: 1, 2, 3 MOVIES: A&E Camelot: In Search of History (47 min) |
| Week Three | Foundational Stories: The Past Looks at Its Past
READING: Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain Arthuriana 5.3 (Fall 1995) [in CRB] DEBATES: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Week Four | British Traditions: Red Gold READING: Culhwch and Olwen, The Dream of Rhonabwy (in The Mabinogion) DEBATES: 9, 10, 11, 12 Guest Lecturer: Professor Chris Grooms |
| Week Five | French Traditions: Objects of Desire
READING: Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval DEBATES: 13, 14, 15 MOVIES: Rohmerís Perceval le Gallois; A&E Grail (47 min) |
| Week Six | French Traditions: Desire and The Other
READING: Chrétien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, Lancelot DEBATES: 16, 17, 18, 19 MOVIES: Ladyhawke, Bressonís Lancelot du Lac |
| Week Seven | English Traditions READING: Alliterative and Stanzaic Death of Arthur (in CRB) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight DEBATES: 20, 21, 22, 23 MOVIES: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
| Week Eight | Exams and Other Comedies MOVIES: Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| Week Nine | Birth, Boy, Emperor Malory Tale 1: Sorcery and Fratricide READING: Malory. Tale of King Arthur Malory Tale 2: From Boy to Emperor READING: Malory. Tale of the Noble King Arthur and King Lucius DEBATES: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 MOVIES: Excalibur |
| Week Ten | 'He passed all other knyghtes' Malory Tale 3 READING: Malory. Tale of Sir Lancelot du Lake DEBATES: 29, 30, 31, 32 MOVIES: First Knight |
| Week Eleven | 'The Alchemy of Identity' Malory Tale 4 READING: Malory. Tale of Sir Gareth Malory Tale 5 READING: Malory. Tale of Sir Tristram, Sections I, IV, XIII, XIV, XV. DEBATES: 33,34, 35, 36 MOVIES: Knightriders |
| Week Twelve | Perfection and other Forms of Boredom
Malory Tale 6 READING: Malory. Tale of the Sankgreal DEBATES: 37, 38, 39, 40 MOVIES: The Fisher King |
| Week Thirteen | 'Is all well...that ends well?' Malory Tale 7 READING: Malory. Tale of Lancelot and Guenevere DEBATES: 41, 42, 43, 44 MOVIES: |
| Week Fourteen | Culminations Malory Tale 8 READING: Malory. Death of King Arthur, Sections I,II, III. DEBATES: 45, 46, 47,48 MOVIES: Camelot |
| Week Fifteen | From the Great Deep to the Great Deep: Retrospective
Visions of Camelot READING: Malory. Death of King Arthur, Sections IV, V. DEBATES: 49, 50, 51, 52 papers due |