COURSE 2

SEMINAR 1
SEMESTER 2
WALTER SCOTT’s “IVANHOE” in the Lens of ROMANTICISM
чому саме романтизм і де проявляється
коротко про біографію
питання 2,8, і 9 –одна на вибір
і 2 семінар дон джуан, за тим самим планом, 1-2 сторінки
1. WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) as THE CREATOR OF A NEW LITERARY
FORM (=GENRE)—THE HISTORICAL NOVEL.
a/ Literary background (b. in EDINGBURGH, SCOTLAND)
b/. The Waverly novels
c/ ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN SCOTT’S NOVELS
d/ The writer’s ambivalence: ON THE ONE HAND, romantic
attitude to Scotland’s past in the lens of the writer’s vision of THE
FUTURE BASED ON A UNION between SCOTLAND AND the
prudently commercial Britain); ON THE OTHER HAND, the
writer’s regret about the loss of Scotland’s independence and
uniqueness.
2. WALTER SCOTT’s IVANHOE (1820): FACT + FICTION = FACTION
(blending)
----THE SETTING
----HOW HISTORIACALLY ACCURATE (credible) is the novel?
----HISTORIAL FIGURES AND EVENTS
----FICTIONAL FIGURES AND EVENTS
3. DESCRIBE THE TENSION BETWEEN THE CONQUERED SAXONS AND
THE CONQUERING NORMANS (WHAT IS CEDRIC ATTITUDE TO
NORMAN RULERS?)
4. WHO IS PRINCE JOHN , RICHARD (the LION-HEART)’s brother
 5. COMMENT ON GURTH, THE SWINEHERD (THE PIG-KEEPER) AND
WAMBA THE FOOL. WHAT IS THE MEANING (function) of these
characters in the novel.
6. ISAAK of YORK AND HIS DAUGHTER REBECCA: the attack on the
prejudices of the other people against Jewish faith and people.
7. Compare and contrast the characters of Lady Rowena and
Rebecca
8. COMMENT ON THE PLOT (The key plot lines; the exposition; the
climax; the OUTCOME: tying up the loose ends of the conflicts)
9. ANALYZE THE MAJOR THEMES
PATRIOTISM
HONOR AND CHIVALRY
IDENTITY
INJUSTICE AND CIVIL UNREST
CONQUEST AND DISPOSSESSION
FAMILY
10 THE CHARACTER SKETCH OF IVANHOE (DISINHERITED KNIGHT)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

https://study.com ---IVANHOE: Summary and analysis

https://interestingliterarure.com ----A summary and analysis of Ivanhoe
https://www.cliffnotes.com -----Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe”