Tuesday, 10/27: Corpus Gawainus

* Open
  • Corporeal (adj.): having a body; tangible
    • Latin: corporeus ‘bodily, physical,’ from corpus‘body.’
    • If you are from Corpus Christi, Texas, you might try to (not try and) find the metaphorical body of Christ in a local church.  But His literal, corporeal body? That's beyond the wee wisdom of Mr. Schwager; you'll have to study the Bible. 

* Review
 
* Notes (be sure you're done by block day; in class, you may work together or on your own)
  • Feudalism
    • What is feudalism (one sentence)?
    • How did feudalism affect unified governance?
    • How did feudalism affect trade and economic growth?
    • What are the thee estates of the feudal world?
  • Chivalry
    • What is chivalry?
    • What impetus brought it about?
    • What are three key components of the chivalrous code? 
  • Courtly Love
    • Why did the courtly lover exist?
    • What was the mortal sin?
    • Where did the genre begin?  
    • Where else have you read of elevated romantic passion?  

HW: Read Part 4

  • Quiz, Week 11 (Sir Gawain reading and notes, semicolon, colon, vocab. weeks 8-11)
  • Journal: Sir Gawain
    • 1. Look for juxtapositions, things that contrast.  Basic ideas are good and evil, day and night, youth and age...start there and get more complex.  What do you find in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in part III (one paragraph due block day).  
    • 2.  So, who was behind this whole tale after all?  Look her up online.  Why do you think she concocted this scheme?

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