Fantastic Beasts Literature Course – Week 2

Well, your comments and suggestions for Gawain/Beowulf crossover salad fanfic were amazing. Here's Week 2 -- do with it what you will.

( Overview )

( Readings and Assignments )

( Journal Entry )

( Day 1 )

( Day 2 )

( The Close Reading Assignment )

If you’re interested, here are the passages – feel free to apply your own close reading chops. The students mostly chose the excerpt from The Hobbit, although Gawain was also popular, Beowulf got a look-in, and one student did choose "Devotion."

The Excerpts

( Option One: Gawain )

( Option Two: The Hobbit )

( Option Three: Beowulf )

( Option Four: Devotion )

END WEEK 2

{rf}