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Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

Alert:

Because of the impact worldwide of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the 2020 International Summer Programmes have been replaced by the Virtual Summer Festival of Learning

This course is part of the Medieval Studies Summer Programme 2020.

To apply for this course, please enrol on the programme above, and then select the courses you wish to study. For more information about Summer Programmes please visit our Summer Programmes Page.

Gawain and the Green Knight, with its tale of a beheading game and the testing of a knight’s honour is one of the monuments of provincial English culture. We examine the literary achievement of this alliterative poem, and its historical context between the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. We consider both the Middle English text and Simon Armitage’s new translation. 

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Course dates

02 Aug 2020 to 08 Aug 2020

Course duration

1 week

Apply by

20 Jul 2020

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

International Summer Programmes
Sidgwick Site
Cambridge
United Kingdom
01223 760850

Qualifications / Credits

Non-accredited

Teaching sessions

Meetings: 5

Course code

Na2