'Fictions of History' Unit
literature, Hobart, Ivanhoe, medievalism literature, Rosemary Gaby, Tasmania, university, universities, historiography, fiction, fictional, University of Tasmania, UTAS, Walter Scott
Undergraduate unit ‘Fictions of History’ offered at the Hobart campus of The University of Tasmania (Coordinator: Dr Rosemary Gaby). The unit investigates how the past is represented in literature and includes Sir Walter Scott’s novel set in the medieval period, Ivanhoe.
Gaby, Rosemary
University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
15 June 2011
Rosemary Gaby
Weblink
English
'Romancing the Medieval' Unit
university, universities, Alfred Tennyson, Edmund Spenser, fairy tales, fantasy, fiction, film, literature, Melbourne, Peter Jackson, poetry, pop culture, popular culture, Stephanie Trigg, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, hobbit, hobbits, Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Level 3 undergraduate unit ‘Romancing the Medieval’ coordinated by Stephanie Trigg at the University of Melbourne. The unit covers a variety of genres of medieval literature, as well as post-16th century works that re-create or revive medieval culture, including those by Edmund Spenser, Alfred Tennyson, J.R.R. Tolkien, fairy tales, and the film versions of Tolkien’s work by Peter Jackson.
Trigg, Stephanie
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
17 June 2011
University of Melbourne
Weblink
English
Adaptation: Studies in Transmission between Cultures and Forms
Brisbane, fiction, literature, The Lord of the Rings, QLD, Queensland, J.R.R. Tolkien, The University of Queensland, Tolkien, university, universities
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 Tolkien’s books informed by the early medieval world, The Lord of the Rings, as its case study.
Bonner, Frances
The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland
2 March 2011
The University of Queensland
Undergraduate Course
English
Children's Literature Unit
literature, children, child, juvenile, fiction, C.S. Lewis, Fremantle, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, J.M. Barrie, Narnia, Notre Dame University, Peter Pan, WA, Western Australia
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Undergraduate English Literature unit ‘Children’s Literature’ offered at the Fremantle campus of The University of Notre Dame (Australia). The unit features a number of texts that have aspects of medievalism, including those by C.S. Lewis, J.M. Barrie, and J.K. Rowling. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">For more information see <a href="http://www.nd.edu.au/units/a_s.shtml#english_lit" target="_blank">http://www.nd.edu.au/units/a_s.shtml#english_lit</a></span></p>
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University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
14 June 2011
University of Notre Dame
Weblink
English
Grand Theatre: ’Under the Red Robeâ€
Alma Rubens (1897-1931), Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), Day of the Dupes (1630), drama, duel, fiction, film, Gil de Berault, Grand Theatre, Henri de Cocheforet, historical fiction, honour, Huguenot, John Charles Thomas (1889-1960), literature, Louis XIII, Mademoiselle de Cocheforet, “Medieval romanceâ€, movie, novel, Robert B. Mantell, screen Stanley J. Weyman (1855-1928), “Under the Red Robeâ€, WA, Western Australia
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In this notice about the upcoming programme for the Grand Theatre, a screening of the 1923 silent film “Under the Red Robe” is announced. The film is based on Stanley J. Weyman’s historical novel of the same name. The novel is described in the article as a medieval romance, although it is set in seventeenth-century France. The story opens in 1630, when Gil de Berault sets out on a search for fugitive Huguenot Henri de Cocheforet, on the orders of Cardinal Richelieu. He has offered his martial skills to Richelieu in exchange for his life after being arrested for duelling in Paris. Although he does indeed find and arrest M. de Cocheforet, he realises that he has fallen in love with his sister and lets him go free to restore his honour. The story ends on the Day of the Dupes with the marriage of de Berault and de Cocheforet. </span></p>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">For a copy of “Under the Red Robe” by Stanley J. Weyman, see </span><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1896" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1896</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. </span>
Anon.
National Library of Australia
The West Australian
16 December 1925, p. 12.
The West Australian
Digitised Newspaper Article; PDF
English
Knights Templar jump from Dan Brown to Down Under
Dan Brown, Crusades, The Da Vinci Code, knights, knighthood, Knights Templar, fiction, literature, Christian, Christianity, religion, religious, war, Military Orders, New South Wales, NSW, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald
An article by Dylan Welch in The Sydney Morning Herald about the Knights Templar in Australia. The article briefly outlines the origins of the order in the early twelfth century as protectors of Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem, and its disbandment in the early fourteenth. The order has since been revived and now also operates in Australia, combining Christian charity work with instruction in swordplay and a French form of kickboxing. The article interviews two Australian members of the Templar’s, Paul O’Sullivan and Paul Grice. It is noted that the modern knights have little in common with those featured in Dan Brown’s novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’. Instead, they are described as a ‘modern-day esoteric knighthood’.
Welch, Dylan
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
12 December 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald
Newspaper Article; Hyperlink
English
Sex, Power, and Chivalry – Medieval to Modern Literature
Miguel de Cervantes, cinema, Louise D’Arcens, Clint Eastwood, fiction, film, William Morris, NSW, New South Wales, poetry, Alfred Tennyson, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, literature, university, universities
An undergraduate unit taught by Louise D’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, Cervantes’ early seventeenth-century satire of the medieval period ‘Don Quixote’, and the nineteenth-century medievalism of Tennyson and Morris. After considering modern romance fiction, the unit concludes with the Clint Eastwood film ‘Unforgiven’, asking if any chivalric or courtly ideals have been transplanted to the American frontier.
D'Arcens, Louise
University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
July 2010
Louise D’Arcens, University of Wollongong
Unit hyperlink
English
The Last Viking
Children’s literature, James Foley, literature, child, children, juvenile, fiction, young adult, Fremantle Press, illustration, Norman Jorgensen, picture book, Viking, WA, Western Australia
The children’s picture book ‘The Last Viking’ 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 with his inner Viking to help him outwit bullies. The Vikings were warriors from Scandinavia in the period c. 790-1100 who were renowned for their bravery and ferocity.
Jorgensen, Norman, and James Foley
<a href="http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/newreleases/1253" target="_blank">http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/newreleases/1253</a>
Fremantle Press
26 June 2011
Norman Jorgensen and James Foley, Fremantle Press
Picture Book
English