| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 20 Hours. 10 x 2 hrs |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay 2 essays (2,500 words each). One essay of 2500 words | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | 30 minute summative group oral presentation Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected. | 40% |
On completion of this module, students should typically be able to:
1. demonstrate an informed awareness of the scope of Arthurian myth, and of the varying adaptations of the stories during the medieval period;
2. demonstrate a detailed knowledge of particular Arthurian texts, and of their relation to appropriate genres, such as romance and chronicle history;
3. articulate this knowledge and awareness in the form of a reasoned critical analysis of particular texts and in an oral presentation;
4. explain and engage with recent critical debates about the texts studied.
The module examines a series of Medieval and Renaissance texts in order to explore the various ways that the stories of King Arthur and his court were translated and adapted, from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Thomas Malory. The module will not deal with the historical or archaeological evidence for the factuality of Arthur, but with the use of myth, modes of interpretation and ways of reading material which is both historical and literary.
This module is at CQFW Level 6