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Arthurian Traditions Lesson FIIK2
Camulus is leaning back in his chair and is looking slightly tired, as if he hadn't gotten a good night's regeneration in a technologically advance sarcophagus for the last few days.
"My apologies for the lack of class on Tuesday," he says when the class is assembled. "I trust you used the time to work on your class project. Speaking of which, this is the part where I say, "It's due!" and you all get those hilarious panicked looks on your faces." He pauses. "Which won't happen until next Thursday. Yes, I'm giving you an extension. But that just means that I'll be marking a bit harder and making it worth more in the course. I'm also working on getting the DangerRoom Shop for our use that day."
"So, now that is out of the way, on to the lesson. We read in Malory that Arthur was borne away to Avalon, and the actual physical fact of his death is very ambiguous. There are many, many versions of the legend which maintain that Arthur never dies, but instead sleeps in a form of suspended animation in Avalon until he is needed again." He frowns. "I get the feeling we've discussed this before. Old lady memory." He reaches into a desk drawer and flips through some notes, frowning. "Ah, yes. We've talked about the ressurection of the legend when it is needed most. Take, for example, Malory's text, written around the 1170s unless the mun also has old lady memory, in which case she is too lazy to get up and check. The Norman invasion of England in 1066, which is also the year that the last king of the Vikings was killed and the Vikings ceased to be a dominant power in Europe, was a period of major upheaval in England. It signalled the shift from a Germanic language and tradition to a more Romantic one - Romantic as in French and Latin, not Romantic as in turgid, heaving, and tumescence." He smirks, almost to himself. "I wonder if it was the latter I would attract more students . . ." He shakes his head slightly, as if bringing himself back to the point. "The literary ressurection of Arthur in this case was to unite a fractured England. It might be compared to legends of Robin Hood, which generally resurge when the need for a hero, even only one in tales, is necessary. There are two other major figures of Western European history and legend that have, similar to Arthur, their own myths that they will return to life when the crisis is greatest which was in no way the plot of the mun's NaNo." He lifts an eyebrow. "Any thoughts, people?"
"Oh, and Miss Halliwell, I would like to speak with you after class."
[[Exams, a massive cold, and the distractiony goodness of curling have killed me. Carry on.]]
"My apologies for the lack of class on Tuesday," he says when the class is assembled. "I trust you used the time to work on your class project. Speaking of which, this is the part where I say, "It's due!" and you all get those hilarious panicked looks on your faces." He pauses. "Which won't happen until next Thursday. Yes, I'm giving you an extension. But that just means that I'll be marking a bit harder and making it worth more in the course. I'm also working on getting the Danger
"So, now that is out of the way, on to the lesson. We read in Malory that Arthur was borne away to Avalon, and the actual physical fact of his death is very ambiguous. There are many, many versions of the legend which maintain that Arthur never dies, but instead sleeps in a form of suspended animation in Avalon until he is needed again." He frowns. "I get the feeling we've discussed this before. Old lady memory." He reaches into a desk drawer and flips through some notes, frowning. "Ah, yes. We've talked about the ressurection of the legend when it is needed most. Take, for example, Malory's text, written around the 1170s unless the mun also has old lady memory, in which case she is too lazy to get up and check. The Norman invasion of England in 1066, which is also the year that the last king of the Vikings was killed and the Vikings ceased to be a dominant power in Europe, was a period of major upheaval in England. It signalled the shift from a Germanic language and tradition to a more Romantic one - Romantic as in French and Latin, not Romantic as in turgid, heaving, and tumescence." He smirks, almost to himself. "I wonder if it was the latter I would attract more students . . ." He shakes his head slightly, as if bringing himself back to the point. "The literary ressurection of Arthur in this case was to unite a fractured England. It might be compared to legends of Robin Hood, which generally resurge when the need for a hero, even only one in tales, is necessary. There are two other major figures of Western European history and legend that have, similar to Arthur, their own myths that they will return to life when the crisis is greatest which was in no way the plot of the mun's NaNo." He lifts an eyebrow. "Any thoughts, people?"
"Oh, and Miss Halliwell, I would like to speak with you after class."
[[Exams, a massive cold, and the distractiony goodness of curling have killed me. Carry on.]]
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