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Schedule

We meet TTh 10:00 am - 11:15 am in South College W 201.

WEEK 7 Gifts

     

    T 12 Mar. The Agreement

    • READ/TRANS 1192a-1250b (Fitt XVIII);
    • Paper 1 DUE. (You can also hand it in Thursday, if you like)

     

    Th 14 MarchThe Use of Stories

    • READ/TRANS Fitt XIX (1251-1320).
    • Read Matti Rissanen, "Mathelian in Old English Poetry," in Words and Works, eds. Peter Baker and Nicholas Howe, pp. 159-172.
    • Read K (Klaeber), "Method of Narration," pp. xcii - cviii
    • Read K "Trends in literary criticism," pp. cxxii - cxxix

     

     

Extra Reading Magan Cavell, "Creation, Magic, Fate" chapter 9 of her Weaving Words and Binding Bodies (free through UMass). Fate and choice. What kind of choices do you have in a world which has woven your fate? How well does Beowulf make those choices?

Extra Reading Olof Sundqvist, "Female Cultic Leaders" (free through UMass)

Extra Reading Neil Price, chapter 7 "The Viking Way" of his book (free through UMass)

Note: Regarding the custom of burning the dead as a dedication to Odin: Alan Lacy, 1990. And Heinrich Harke, 1990 on weapons burials among Anglo-Saxons and Germanic tribes.

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