Medieval Literature

Dominique Battles holds a Ph.D. in English from University of Virginia, and an M.A. in Medieval Studies from University of York (UK). Her previous publications include The Medieval Tradition of Thebes (2004), and Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English Romance: Normans and Saxons (2013), as well as numerous articles on medieval literature.

Introduction

Part One: A Compendium of Type-Scenes of Medieval Literature

Arming of the Hero

Beasts of Battle

Blason

Catalog of Warriors

Conciliar Debate

Contending Throng

Council of the Gods

Crowd of Onlookers

Dawn Song

Ekphrasis

Epic Descent

Descent into the Underworld (katabasis)

Disguise and Infiltration

Exile

Flyting

Hero on the Beach

Inventio

Joy in the Hall

Lady with the Mead Cup

Loathly Lady Encounter

Locus Amoenus

Magic Ring

Open Heavens

Outlaw Gathering

Paraclausithyron

Rash Promise

Scop’s Repertoire

Sleeping After the Feast

Teichoscopia

Traveler Recognizes His Goal

Wise Woman

Part Two: Type-Scenes Sequences within Single Works

I: Sequencing for Chronology: Boccaccio’s Use of Epic Type-Scenes

in the Teseida.

II: Sequencing for Characterization: Anglo-Saxon as Other in the

Middle English Athelston

III: Sequencing for Virtuosity: The “Sleeping After the Feast” Type-Scene

in Beowulf

Part Three: One Type-Scene in Three Different Works: Medieval Cultural Profiling: The

“Wise Woman” Type-Scene in Middle English Romance