ENGL 20119 - Fairy and the Christian Myth

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course will explore the interface and conflict between fairy and Christian in the medieval and renaissance tradition by discussing the legend of the holy grail and by reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Book 1 of Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Milton's Comus, and parts of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. In the second half of the course, we will turn to a modern mythmaker by reading Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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