Heya Penelope (I adore that name btw, have used it for characters in my writing). I am in Australia actually. Sir Gawain is a bit tough to get through. When I first started I really struggled, but I'm almost finished reading it now and I can say it has gotten much easier. It is quite an enjoyable story once you get your head around the language.Penelope wrote:Hello Coffeeaddict - Welcome - I have read a couple of Sophie Kinsella's - One was the Confessions of a Shopaholic and the other was a spinnoff from that with a similar title......they were both great fun to read.
I am amazed at your reading 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'.....that was reputed to have been written by a Monk in Shropshire (I think) very close to here.....on the borders of Wales. Are you in the UK?
Sir Gawain is the Welsh equivalent of Sir Gallahad in the King Arthur Legend I think. It is not an easy read is it? But I do like it somehow. Was it written in the Dark Ages? I would be interested to hear what you all think of it and what your tutor says about it. In fact I would love to come and sit in on your classes because that book/poem needs a knowledgable tutor to help the reader appreciate it properly I would have thought.
I am studying this course by distance education, so there is a LOT of discussion on the subject discussion board (hard to keep up with sometimes). The tutor chimes in on various occasions, but it is mostly student discussion. Not all bad, but could be better.
I am loving Can You Keep a Secret by the way! You should read it
Thanks for the warm welcome.