Arthurian Lit Class

For those Troy students who read this blog, there has been a change in schedule. I will now be teaching Arthurian Literature (ENG 3362 TSARA, technically called "Arthurian Themes" or something similar) in the Fall semester, TTh 11:30.

I haven't finalized the schedule, but we'll probably split it between medieval and modern Arthuriana, so the tentative reading list is expected to include:

• Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain
• Tennyson, Idylls of the King (maybe)
• Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• White, Once and Future King
• Sklar, King Arthur in Popular Culture (a critical text)
• Chretien de Troyes's Romances
• Malamud's The Natural (maybe)
• Excalibur (film, maybe)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (film)

All this is subject to change, of course. I have already decided that there will be no Malory or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, mostly because life is short and I prefer Chretien to Malory, and because everyone gets SGGK in Brit Lit I, and often in World Lit I too.

In any case, the class wasn't on the schedule for early registration, so please spread the word that it will be offered.