Literary Works

Overview

The following is a list of literary works we will study throughout the semester. All sources are provided in the context of the class and available online. Feel free to read ahead!

•  Beowulf

• "The Lais of Gugemar" within The Lais of Marie de France

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• "The Pardoner's Tale" within Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

• William Shakespeare's Richard III

• Books I and IV of John Milton's Paradise Lost

• Voyage to Lilliput from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels