Homework Page, Middle English Literature, Fall 1999

Middle English Literature, Fall 1999 -- Mr Furr

Homework Page

I will post all writing assignments on this page.. You should create a 'bookmark' of your own to this page, so you can go to it without having to first go to the Home Page for the course.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

For Tuesday, September 7 , buy the books. Then, make sure to set up your computer for the Internet and for Streaming Audio.
- Send me two email messages from two different email servers, as instructed on the Internet page.
- Make sure the format of your Subject line conforms to the model at the bottom of our Home Page.
THIS IS A REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT. The fact that it is over the Labor Day Weekend doesn't mean it is "optional" or "extra." If you don't complete it on time, you will get an "F" for this assignment.

Also - please go to Melissa Snell's Medieval-Renaissance Page, and subscribe to her 'Knightly Newsletter' (scroll down the page to find it). This is a very good page for anyone with a general interest (as opposed to a strictly academic interest) in the Middle Ages, and is lots of fun! Melissa keeps adding good stuff. Explore this page and enjoy!
For Friday, September 10.
THIS IS A REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT. The fact that it is over the Internet doesn't mean it is "optional" or "extra."

NOTE: If you are listening to these lectures over the Internet (i.e. from off-campus, rather than on the MSU network), do not try to do so during "peak net use hours" -- roughly, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays, and maybe a little longer on weekends.
For Tuesday, September 14.
For Friday, September 17.
For Tuesday, September 21.

On Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

NOTE: Here are some Streaming Audio files of professional readers reading from SGGK:

The first fit of Sir Gawain and the Grene Knight, from U. GA.(female voice)

The same text, from the University of Vermont (male voice -- Albert C. Baugh?)

A different male voice, from the third fit, also U. VT.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (ca. 1360): lines 713-739.

On The Nun's Priest's Tale:

On Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.

Here is a link to The Apocalypse of St. John the Divine, as it is called in the Douay-Rheims Bible, the official Catholic translation of the Vulgate (Latin) Bible.

AND,

here is a link to the real Vulgate text, as read in the Middle Ages -- the Latin version by St. Jerome.

Both these versions are good for searching. Perhaps try reading the English before you tackle the Latin, though? ;-)

Homework Assignments on The Name of the Rose:

For Tuesday, October 26: complete and mail to me only the completed quiz on NOR which I have emailed to you. Please print out and bring a copy to class, as well.
In addition,
do this assignment as well.
For Tuesday, November 2.
NOTE: I will give you your interim grades to this point in the course on Tuesday, November 2. If you want to take the optional Mid-Term exam, you must let me know by e-mail by Wednesday, November 3, at 6 p.m.
Here are the passages we will be discussing in class -- at least I hope we will get to them all. Please print this list out and bring it with you to class.
For Friday, November 5,
For Tuesday, November 9.
For Friday, November 12: we will discuss your assignments for Tuesday, November 9, and conclude Eco's NoR.

On 'Langland', Piers the Plowman.

On Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron.

NOTE: Go to the list of tales we will read here

You can download or read the tales online at the Brown University Decameron Web. But this is an old translation.
My advice is to bring in a copy from a library, if you don't own a copy (you should!).

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