CLT 449 - Dungeons & Dragons: Myths and Legends in German Literature

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University of Rochester

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Description:

With the recent revival of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the continued popularity of J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings novels and recent film adaptations of Beowulf and Tristan and Isolde , it’s easy to see that people still regularly like to “get medieval”. In this course we’re going to look at the German origins of these modern texts by reading the original source material: The Nibelungenlied , Parzival , Tristan as well as many other important medieval works. We will also look at modern variations on those texts, from Wagner and Tolkein to modern role-playing and video games that use the medieval period as their settings.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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