Re: New to site
Posted by:
NightHalo (IP Logged)
Date: 12 July, 2004 09:31PM
Dear Dr. Farmer and Phillip,
I am sure you will both be happy to know that Old to Middle English is a required course for English majors at Berkeley. It often depends on the professor how much Old and Middle English you read and I happened to get a rather enthusiastic professor who delighted in challenging us. Thus, I have read some Middle and Old English to the extent the class would offer. I think my favorite texts that we read besides the Fairy Queen and Beowulf was "Havelock" and the "Roman de Rou."
Also, I had a class, English 178, taught by professor John Niles on British and American Folklore. We spent a great deal of time reading Child's "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads." Much of this text is in Middle English or in very saturated Scottish dialect. In it, I read a "King Orpheo," although I am not sure if it is the same one you are referencing. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
~Alycia