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Henry IV Part I, New Fortune Theatre

This series of photographs were taken at the performance of the play Henry IV Part I by William Shakespeare at the New Fortune Theatre at the University of Western Australia on September 16, 2011. The free performance was part of the three-day…

Medievalism and Youth Culture Masterclass

An invitation to postgraduate students and early career researchers to attend the ARC Masterclass â€˜Medievalism and Youth Cultureâ€™. The Masterclass is to be held at The University of Western Australia on December 6, 2011, and is led by…

Medieval in the Modern World Essay

Scans of the essay questions for the English and Cultural Studies undergraduate course Medieval in the Modern World coordinated by Andrew Lynch at the University of Western Australia. Of particular note is question 12 which asks students to write…

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Adaptation: Studies in Transmission between Cultures and Forms

A 2011 undergraduate unit run by Associate Professor Frances Bonner in the School of English, Media and Art History at the St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland. Week 7 of the unit uses Tolkienâ€™s books informed by the early medieval…

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Sex, Power, and Chivalry â€“ Medieval to Modern Literature

An undergraduate unit taught by Louise Dâ€™Arcens at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales. The unit begins with literature from the medieval period, including texts by Malory, Marie de France, the Gawain poet and Troubadours,…

Tags: Alfred Tennyson, cinema, Clint Eastwood, fiction, film, literature, Louise Dâ€™Arcens, Miguel de Cervantes, New South Wales, NSW, poetry, universities, university, University of Wollongong, William Morris, Wollongong

Medieval in the Modern World

A second and third year undergraduate unit taught at The University of Western Australia. The unit was created by Andrew Lynch and features novels, poetry and film from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reinterpreted medieval…

Literature and Culture: Representations of the Medieval

A fully online second-year undergraduate unit offered by Macquarie University through Open Universities Australia. The unit covers various aspects of medievalism, including William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Victoria, the…

Tags: Arthur, Arthurian, Arts and Crafts Movement, cinema, film, Gothic, King Arthur, Macquarie University, Marion Zimmer Bradley, online, Open Universities Australia, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Umberto Eco, Vic, Victoria, Victorian medievalism, William Morris

The Last Viking teaching blog

A blog for the childrenâ€™s picture book â€˜The Last Vikingâ€™ by Australian authors Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (illustrator) published by the Western Australian publisher Fremantle Press. The story is about a boy who connects…

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