ENL 2012—Survey of English Literature: Medieval to 1750
Section 1827

Study Guide for Beowulf

Study Questions for Beowulf (in .doc format)

This handout is only intended as a guide to help you focus your study. You do not need to address every topic on this sheet; there is also no expectation that you limit your investigation of the text to the topics listed on this sheet.

Oustide Reading for "The Franklin's Tale"

Bocaccio's Decameron

. . . includes a tale (the fifth tale of the tenth day) widely considered to be a precursor to "The Franklins Tale"

Readings Related to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's Arthurian Tale starring Sir Gawain

The online Camelot Project out of the University of Rochester has a page devoted to Gawain

Of especial interest to our class are The Green Knight and The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle.

Child Ballad #31, "The Marriage of Sir Gawain"

. . . shows us an incarnation of Gawain collected in the late 19th century.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Study Questions

Study Questions for Sir Gawain (in .doc format)

This handout is only intended as a guide to help you focus your study. You do not need to address every topic on this sheet; there is also no expectation that you limit your investigation of the text to the topics listed on this sheet.

Utopia Study Questions

Study Questions for Utopia (in .doc format)

This handout is only intended as a guide to help you focus your study. You do not need to address every topic on this sheet; there is also no expectation that you limit your investigation of the text to the topics listed on this sheet.

Readings Related to The Duchess of Malfi

William Painter's story of the Duchess in his 1566 The Palace of Pleasure is considered a precursor to Webster's play.

For the Project Gutenberg etext of Novel 23, "The infortunate mariage of a Gentleman, called Antonio Bologna, wyth the Duchesse of Malfi, and the pitifull death of them both," see here.

Help with MLA format

The OWL at Purdue

This Writing Lab is user-friendly and regularly updated.

Grammar Comics & Blogs

The Alot

This helpful post at the blog Hyperbole and a Half is here to remind you that "alot" is not a word.

Grammar Posts at The Oatmeal

These grammar-themed comics at The Oatmeal are here to help with word choice and punctuation.