The Grail Quest in Medieval French Literature (FR-0040)

Spring 2025 · FR 0040 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Literary evolution of the Grail from its pagan Celtic origins to its elusive role in the twelfth-century novel by Chrétien de Troyes, its thirteenth-century Christianization in the trilogy by Robert de Boron, and its exaltation in the anonymous Quest of the Holy Grail. In parallel readings the sins of Perceval and Lancelot will bar their way to the full vision of the Grail, provoke the birth of Galahad, lead to warfare based on the adultery with Guinevere, and in the anonymous Death of King Arthur, point to the dramatic end of Camelot. In English.

Course codes: FR-0040, FR 0040, FR0040, FR-40, FR 40, FR40, MDVL-0022, MDVL 0022, MDVL0022, MDVL-22, MDVL 22, MDVL22

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