{"title":"Teaching the Legend of Tristan and Isolde","authors":"Kathryn E. Starkey, Mae Velloso-Lyons","doi":"10.1353/art.2022.0042","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The romance of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most enduring love stories in Western culture, yet he twelfth- and thirteenth-century texts which popularized the story can be a challenge to teach due to their fragmentary nature. This essay offers suggestions for bringing the medieval Tristan and Isolde material into the university classroom, focusing on the French and German versions by Béroul, Thomas, and Gottfried von Strassburg. After an overview of the texts and their translations, we combine a discussion of the tradition's key themes and most important scenes with practical suggestions for teaching, including discussion questions and non-textual material that can enhance learning. (KS & MV-L)","PeriodicalId":43123,"journal":{"name":"Arthuriana","volume":"32 1","pages":"103 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arthuriana","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/art.2022.0042","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:The romance of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most enduring love stories in Western culture, yet he twelfth- and thirteenth-century texts which popularized the story can be a challenge to teach due to their fragmentary nature. This essay offers suggestions for bringing the medieval Tristan and Isolde material into the university classroom, focusing on the French and German versions by Béroul, Thomas, and Gottfried von Strassburg. After an overview of the texts and their translations, we combine a discussion of the tradition's key themes and most important scenes with practical suggestions for teaching, including discussion questions and non-textual material that can enhance learning. (KS & MV-L)
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Arthuriana publishes peer-reviewed, on-line analytical and bibliographical surveys of various Arthurian subjects. You can access these e-resources through this site. The review and evaluation processes for e-articles is identical to that for the print journal . Once accepted for publication, our surveys are supported and maintained by Professor Alan Lupack at the University of Rochester through the Camelot Project.