Assignment on Fitt 2, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Read Fitt 2 / Part 2. Pay close attention to details in each stanza. As in modern literature, the details are not for "descriptive" purposes only, but are highly meaningful and multivalent.

Look for "Boethian" elements once again. Also, note the role of women and the play of genders.


Written Assignment: Write 300 + words on the Boethian elements:

Try to see how the "hunts" fit in. Feel free to be speculative, but try to apply what you know of medieval aristocratic ideology, as you've been introduced to it so far, and of which the "Boethian" ideology is a part.

In short: try to imagine what meaning a 'medieval' audience might have perceived in this "Fit".

E-mail this to your group, and to me.