Dr. Jamison
English 5990: Capstone
Office Hours: T/Th 1-2; M/W 3:30-4:30 and by appointment
Class Meeting Time: T/Th 10:00 - 11:15 (Gamble 205)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Senior Seminar
Course website: http://www.llp.armstrong.edu/5800/news.html
Course blog: http://aasucapstone.blogspot.com/
Literature Shaped by History and History Changed by Literature
Chronicles from the Middle Ages document that, in 778, a troop of Basques ambushed Charlemagne's rearguard, led by Roland, as Charlemagne's army was returning from a failed attempt to take Saragossa. Nearly three-hundred year later, one of the great monuments of medieval literature, The Song of Roland, transformed this historical event into an epic poem that exemplifies the medieval heroic code of conduct. In turn, The Song of Roland itself may have shaped history as some scholars speculate about its use as propaganda to gain support for the Norman Conquest.
Using The Song of Roland, Chretien de Troyes' Arthurian romances, Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, and selections from Cervantes' Don Quixote as common texts, this section of the Capstone seminar will focus on the relationships between literature and history, particularly in the development of chivalry. Reception theory and new historicism will serve as primary critical perspectives.
Primary Texts:
1.Transl. Robert Harrison The Song of Roland Mentor
Books 0-451-62822-5
2. Chretien de Troyes Arthurian Romances trans. By
William Kibler. Penguin. 9780140445213
3. Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I Arden Shakespeare
Series; third series 2002 ISBN: 9781904271352
4. Cervantes' Don Quixote translated by John Rutherford
Quixote Penguin Press, 978-0142437230
Secondary Texts:
5. Catherine Gallagher and Stephen Greenblatt Practicing
New Historicism Univ. of Chicago Press, 978-0-226-27935-0
6. Eric Auerbach Mimesis translated by Willard R. Trask
Princeton U.P. 9780691012696
7. Maurice Keen Chivalry Yale UP 9780300033601
8. Hans Robert Jauss Toward an Aesthetic of Reception
translated by Timothy Bahti 0-8166-1037-1
Suggested Texts:
9. Trans. Sarah Roche-Mahdi Silence East Lansing Colleagues
Press
0-937191-32-9
10. Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince 9781449534325
Grades:
Topic Proposals: 10%
Annotated Bibliography: 15%
Draft One: 15%
Final Draft: 30%
Presentation and Abstract: 15%
Participation and responses: 15%
Tentative Schedule:
January
12, 14
T: Introduction
Th: The Song of Roland
January
19, 21
T: The Song of Roland
Th: The Song of Roland/ Chivalry
January
26, 28
T: Arthurian Romances: "Yvain"
Th: "Yvain"
February
2, 4
T: "Yvain"/ Mimesis
Th:
Henry IV, Part I
February
9, 11
T: Henry
IV, Part I
Th: Henry IV, Part I/ Practicing New Historicism
February
16, 18
T: Don Quixote
Th: Don Quixote
February
23, 25
T: Don Quixote/Towards and Aesthetics of R eception
Th: Towards and Aesthetics of R eception
March
2, 4
T: research
Th: research
March
9, 11
T: Formulate Topics
Th: Topic Proposals Due
March
16, 18
SPRING BREAK
March 23, 25
T: Annotated Bibliographies (format in class)
Th: Annotated Bibliographies Due
March
30, April 1
T: Draft One Due/ Mandatory Conferences
Th: Mandatory Conferences
April
6, 8
T: draft in class (peer review)
Th: draft in class (peer review):
April
13, 15
T: Draft Abstracts of Presentation
Th: Final Paper Due/ Draft Abstracts
April
20, 22
T: Practice Presentations
Th: Practice Presentations
April
27, 29
T: Faculty Presentations
Th: Faculty Presentations
Carol Jamison
Gamble Hall 202C
Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
Phone: 912.927.5237