Module Identifier WE11210  
Module Title THE ORIGINS OF ARTHURIAN LITERATURE  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Dr Francesco Benozzo  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Lecture   18 Hours  
  Seminar   2 Hours  
Assessment Exam   2 Hours   70%  
  Oral examination     15%  
  Essay     15%  

Brief description
An introductory course on the problem of Arthurian origins from different perspectives (literary sources, archaeology, folklore). Its first aims are to point out the importance of the Arthurian legend in the comprehension of relationships between myth, history and folklore in medieval poetry, and to perceive medieval poetry as a complex phenomenon of history of thought which lives thanks to different traditions and ways of transmission of cutlrue (written, oral, clerical, pagan etc.)

Learning outcomes
1. To provide the main topics connected with Arthurian legend.
2. Perceive medieval poetry as a complex phenomenon of history of thought, which lives thanks to different traditions and ways of transmission of culture (written, oral, clerical, pagan, etc.).
3. Understand how to analyse literary sources, archaeological material, and folkloric traditions in order to understand a cultural phenomenon in its complexity.