KING ARTHUR

ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………...2
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………….3
1 KING ARTHUR- THE LEGEND……………………………………………... 4
2 APPROACHES TO KING ARTHUR’S TALES……………………………....8
2.1.GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH………………………………………………8
2.2.OTHER APPROACHES……………………………………………………….9
2.2.1 CHRETIEN DE TROYES…………………………………………………...9
2.3.MODERN APPROACHES……………………………………………………11
3 MAGIC AND MYSTERY……………………………………………………….14
3.1.THE ROUND TABLE…………………………………………………………14
3.2.THE HOLLY GRAIL………………………………………………………….15
3.3.EXCALIBUR…………………………………………………………………...16
3.4.THE ISLE OF AVALON………………………………………………………16
4 KING ARTHUR A REAL HERO……………………………………………….18

CONCLUSIONS…………………………………………………………………….22

BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………..24