Comparative Literature (20095)
Degree/study:Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd -4th
Term: 2nd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication: 125 hours
Teaching language or languages: spanish
Teaching Staff: Victoria Cirlot
1. Presentation of the subject
The myth of the Holy Grail in Literature and in Art
A study of the appearance of the Grail myth in 12th century Europe in the works of the Champagne author Chrétien de Troyes. An analysis of the text and of the manuscript tradition (miniatures) to verify the intense horizon of expectations generated by this piece of work in the rewriting of the myth both in French and in German between the years 1190 and 1230, approximately. This is the period over which the myth inherited by posterior centuries was developed. Wagner's liturgical drama will be seen as a milestone for the transmission, during the 20th century, of the myth, carried on especially in cinematography.
2. Competences to be attained
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General competences |
Specific competences |
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Literary training based on the textual comparison in a variety of languages and of its transformation through the centuries. |
The analysis of the Grial myth allows both the textual analysis and an approach to the myth and its elaborations. |
3. Contents
1. Li Contes del Grial by Chrétien de Troyes: appearance of the myth in Literature
2. Prototypes of the Percival myth: Celtic tales, Hebrew and Byzantine rituals
3. The miniatures of Li Contes del Grial by Chrétien de Troyes
4. Myth elaborations: Christianisation in the Estoire, by Robert de Boron
5. Myth elaborations: Wolfram von Eschenbach's reading
6. Myth elaborations: the Grial vision in Perlsevaus and the Búsqueda del santo Grial
7. Updatings: Parzival by Richard Wagner
8. Updatings: Perceval by Erich Rohmer
9. Confrontations: Percival and the other Arthurian knights (Yvain, Lancelot, Tristan)
10. Interpretations of the Grial myth in the 20th century
*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology, and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.
4. Assessment
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5. Bibliography and teaching resources
5.1. Basic bibliography
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5.2. Complementary bibliography
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5.3. Teaching resources
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6. Metodology
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7. Planning of activities
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