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Download full textTuso, Joseph F. – 1976
Advantage should be taken of the increased interest in teaching Old English literature, in translation, at the college and high school levels. The study of "Beowulf" and other Old English literature has proved to be a stimulating experience for students at the United States Air Force Academy and at Georgia College. At the academy, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Medieval Literature
Harrington, David V. – 1986
Although modern readers often find the interpretation of medieval literature difficult, they should be encouraged to use their imagination to resolve the dilemmas they encounter. Often, these are the same issues with which medieval audiences had to wrestle and which the poets intended to raise. W. Iser's and H. R. Jauss's principles of…
Descriptors: Allegory, Audience Participation, Ballads, Higher Education
