ENGL 459: Love and Death: The Tristan Tradition
Dr. Debora B. Schwartz

Oral Presentation Schedule, Spring 2008
 
 
Week  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

There are 30 potential presentation slots spread over 15 presentation days.  Please note that no more than TWO students should sign up to present on a given presentation day.  Before signing up for a research presentation topic, follow the link to familiarize yourself with the Oral Presentation Guidelines.

All students should meet with me to discuss possible angles and get started on the research process ASAP and by the end of week 3 at the latest!  Failure to do so will cause an "F" to be averaged into the Research Report component of your final course grade!

NOTES:

  1. Senior Project students have first pick of presentation topics.
  2. On days with more than one assigned reading/film, each presentation should be on a different author/work.
  3. Two students may sign up to present on a day with only one assigned work, but please don't do so until other presentations days have at least one presenter.  For works for which there is more than one presenter, presenters should coordinate with one another (and Dr. Schwartz) to ensure they focus on different aspects of the work and that different secondary sources are listed on their Annotated Bibliographies.
  4. If a work will be discussed on more than one day, multiple presentations should ideally be spread among the discussion days; each presentation should focus on the portion of the work assigned for that day's class.
  5. Students with prior experience using the research tools are encouraged to sign up for topics which fall early in the quarter!  To make up for the limited amount of time available to early presenters, a bonus will be applied to the Presentation and Annotated Bibliography grades of anyone presenting in weeks 3 or 4.


Week 3    (April 14-16)
 
Topic and Readings
Day 1 Chrétien de Troyes's Cligés (in Arthurian Romances, pp. 123-203)

PRESENTATIONS (up to two):

  •  Daniella Indie (meeting 4/8/08)
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Day 2 Tristan Film 1 -- Tom Donovan's Lovespell (1979)

PRESENTATIONS (up to two):

  •  OPEN

Week 4    (April 21-23)
 
Topic and Readings
Day 1 Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan: 
  • Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan, pp. 41-204.
NOTE: up to three presentations total on this text, no more than two of which may fall on the same day (specific date will depend on the desired focus): 

PRESENTATIONS (up to two): 

  •  Kat Gibbs (meeting 4/8/08)
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Day 2 Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan: 
  • Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan, pp. 205-297.
NOTE: up to three presentations total on this text, no more than two of which may fall on the same day (specific date will depend on the desired focus): 

PRESENTATIONS (up to two): 

  •  Lauren Sittel (meeting 4/8/08)
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Week 5    (April 28-30)
 
Topic and Readings
Day 1 Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan (wrap-up) and/or Wagner's Opera Tristan und Isolde
NOTE: up to three presentations total on Gottfried; no more than two presentations, including any on Wagner's opera,  may be scheduled today: 

PRESENTATIONS (up to two): 

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Day 2 The Victorian Era 1--Arnold and Tennyson
  • Matthew Arnold, "Tristram and Iseult" (1852) (PDF file, 12 pp.)
  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Last Tournament" (1871; part of his Arthurian collection The Idylls of the King) (PDF file, 11 pp.)
NOTE 1: presentations may include discussion of closely related visual art, e.g. Pre-Raphaelite paintings and/or illustrations and images found on the Camelot Project's "Tristan and Isolt" and/or "King Mark" pages)

PRESENTATIONS (up to two; each presenter should focus on only one of the two works.  Possibility of a second presentation on each poem only if other presentation topics are covered):

  •   ARNOLD: DeeDee Kirkley (meeting 4/14/08)
  •   TENNYSON: Stephanie Lossinsky (meeting 4/14/08)

Week 6    (May 5-7)
 
Topic and Readings
Day 1 As needed, continued discussion of Tennyson and Arnold; NEW TOPIC: The Victorian Era 2 -- Algernon Charles Swinburne
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne, "Queen Yseult": (.PDF file, 27 pp.)
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse 1 ("Prelude";  parts  I, "The Sailing of the Swallow"; II, "The Queen's Pleasance").  (.PDF file, ?? pp)  To access whole poem (from the Camelot Project site), click HERE.; to access today's assignment only (with line numbers), click HERE.
NOTE: presentations may include discussion of closely related visual art, e.g. Pre-Raphaelite paintings and/or illustrations and images found on the Camelot Project's "Tristan and Isolt" and/or "King Mark" pages)

PRESENTATIONS (up to two; each of today's presenters should focus on only one of the two works).  No more than four presentations should focus on Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse, of which no more than two should fall on any given discussion day; ideally, there would be one presentation for each of the three meetings devoted to this long poem):

  • "Queen Yseult": Eric Karnezis (conference 4/18/08)
  • Tristram of Lyonesse 1 (with focus on sections assigned for today's class): Mike Manganaro (conference 4/16/08)
Day 2  TOPIC: Algernon Charles Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse, cont.
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse 2 (parts III, "Tristram in Brittany"; IV, "The Maiden Marriage"; V, "Iseult at Tintagel"; VI, "Joyous Gard")  (.PDF file, ?? pp)  To access whole poem (from the Camelot Project site), click HERE.
NOTE: presentations may include discussion of closely related visual art, e.g. Pre-Raphaelite paintings and/or illustrations and images found on the Camelot Project's "Tristan and Isolt" and/or "King Mark" pages)

PRESENTATIONS (up to two; each presenter should focus on a different aspect of the sections of Tristram of Lyonesse assigned for today's class):

  • Tristram of Lyonesse 2 (focus on sections assigned for today's class): Greg Emilio (conference 4/16/08)
  • Tristram of Lyonesse 2 (focus on sections assigned for today's class)

Week 7    (May 12-14)
 
Topic and Readings
Day 1 TOPIC: Algernon Charles Swinburne 3 (conclusion); 20th-Century Perspectives on Isolde of the White Hands 
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse 3 ( parts VII, "The Wife's Vigil"; VIII, "The Last Pilgrimage"; IX, "The Sailing of the Swan")  (.PDF file, ?? pp)  To access whole poem (from the Camelot Project site), click HERE.
  • Oscar Fay Adams, "The Pleasaunce of Maid Marian" (1906; .HTML file from the Camelot Project site); 
  • Maurice Baring, "From the Diary of Iseult of Brittany" (1913; .HTML file from theCamelot Project site); 
  • Dorothy Parker, "Guenevere at Her Fireside" (note reference to Tristan!) and "Iseult of Brittany" (both 1931; together in one PDF file, 2 pp.;on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard).
    • NOTE: presentations may include discussion of closely related visual art, e.g. paintings and/or illustrations and images found on the Camelot Project's "Tristan and Isolt" and/or "King Mark" pages)

    PRESENTATIONS (up to two; if there are two presentations today, one presenter should focus on Swinburne, the other on  Isolde of the White Hands in any combination of the other assigned readings)

    • Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse 3 (focus on sections assigned for today's class)
    • Isolde of the White Hands as depicted in Adams, Baring and/or Parker : Tiermey Carlson (conference 4/22/08)
    Day 2 TOPIC: Tristan Film 2 -- Jean Delannoy's L'Éternel retour (1943)

    PRESENTATIONS (up to two; each presenter should focus on a different aspect of the film, e.g. the depiction of a character, the handling of an episode or motif):

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    Week 8    (May 19-21)
     
    Topic and Readings
    Day 1 TOPIC: John Updike's Brazil (1994)
    • Brazil, pp.  3-161
    PRESENTATIONS (no more than three total on Brazil, no more than two of which can fall on the same day.  Presenters on day 1 of discussion should limit focus to parts of the novel assigned for today's class):
    •  Emilie Egger (conference 4/17/08)
    Day 2 TOPIC: John Updike's Brazil (1994)
    • Brazil, pp.  161-260
    PRESENTATIONS (no more than three total on Brazil, no more than two of which can fall on the same day):
    •  Breanne Gladwell (conference 4/17/08)

    Week 9  (TUESDAY May 27 and WEDNESDAY May 28)

    **NOTE UNUSUAL SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:  by university decree, MONDAY classes will meet on TUESDAY May 27; normally scheduled Tuesday classes will not take place this week**
    Topic and Readings
    Day 1 Midterm Exam
    Day 2 TOPIC: 20th-Century Oddities:  Faulkner's Mayday and two Updike short stories
    • Faulkner, Mayday (1926; publ. post-humously 1977)  (.PDF file; ?? pp.)
    • John Updike, "Four Sides of One Story" (1966; PDF file, 8 pp.) and "Tristan and Iseult" (1994; .PDF file, 3 pp.)
    PRESENTATIONS (up to two, one on each author; note that Updike's short stories are not recommended as a presentation topic and should be selected only if all possible presentation days have at least one topic):
    • Faulkner, Mayday:  Dylan Bowes (Sr. Project) (conference 4/14/08)
    • Updike (not recommended -- esp.  if there were several presentations on Brazil!): 

    Week 10    (June 2-4))
     
    Topic and Readings
    Day 1 TOPIC: Contemporary American Fiction -- Steven Millhauser
    • Steven Millhauser, "The King in the Tree" (2003; in The King in the Tree: Three Novellas, pp. 141-242).
    PRESENTATIONS (up to two; a second person should sign up ONLY if all other presentation days are already covered)
    •  Laura McCollister (conference 4/16/08)
    Day 2 Tristan Film 3 -- Veith von Fürstenberg's Fire and Sword (1982 -- available on VHS ONLY) and Keith Reynolds's Tristan and Isolde (2006)

    NOTE:  unless Media Services can assist us by transferring Fire and Sword to DVD -- which may be possible -- anyone selecting this film should have access to a VHS player or be prepared to spend preparation time viewing the film in the library)

    PRESENTATIONS (up to two; one on each film)

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