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The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell. Intro to the Text (the stuff in our textbook, pg 467-8). Context: 1450 (end of the middle ages) In Middle English, East Midland Dialect (see blue tab in Middle English ) Associations: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale – the Loathy Lady motif

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The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell

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  1. The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell

  2. Intro to the Text(the stuff in our textbook, pg 467-8) Context: 1450 (end of the middle ages) In Middle English, East Midland Dialect (see blue tab in Middle English) Associations: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale – the Loathy Lady motif Malory’s Le MorteDarthur -- Similarity in narrators’ situation – i.e. imprisonment

  3. Further Thoughts What’s some other important contextual information? What other associations can you make with our readings?

  4. Middle English Audio The Lord's Prayer 1380, London Dialect Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Intro See the green (haha) tab in Middle English. Please note this is West Midland Dialect, not East Midland like our text.

  5. Map From Middle English (red tab)

  6. Elements of Narrative • See Handout • Any questions on the details of this story? • What would you add for personal study notes? • Characterization of Narrator • Motifs • Place in context of other readings

  7. Secondary Sources • Facilitate Literary Conversation • Offer us examples of “successful” papers • Important because, as English majors, we need to use them in our own class papers.

  8. “Sir Thomas Malory and The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame RagnellReconsidered” Ralph NorrisArthuriana A Discussion of Authorship • Do you think Malory could have written both? • What evidence do we see for or against this? • For example, Norris mentions, as our text does, that the narrator’s are in similar imprisonment situations. • What other questions does this article bring up?

  9. Resources • Handout • What other resources would you add? • Works Cited • Look into the other things in the books / articles • Bibliography • Always check the bibliographies of secondary sources for even more secondary source material.

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