The King Arthur Legends

The Hero Cycle
A hero is one type of archetype in literature. Archetype comes from the Greek and means an original model or prototype. In literature an archetype is a character, an event, a story, or an image that recurs in different works, in different cultures, and in different times. Images, themes, symbols, ideas, characters, and situations can all be archetypes.
1A. Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell
1B. List of Character Archetypes
1C. More Character Archetypes
1D. List of Situation Archetypes
1E. The Archetypal Hero
1F. The Hero's Journey (Hero Cycle)
1G. The Hero's Journey:  Summary of the Steps
1H. Campbell's the Hero's Journey Diagram
Connection to literary criticism: Joseph Campbell, a professor of mythology at Sarah Lawrence College and author, defined the "hero cycle" in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. He used the works of psychiatrist Carl Jung to argue that all heroes, both ancient and modern, follow the same cycle. To look at a story in a Campbellian way is to apply his hero cycle to the story.

The Code of Chivalry
Chivalry, n. 1. The medieval institution of knighthood. 2. The qualities idealized by knighthood.
Chivalric, Chivalrous, adj. Having the qualities of gallantry and honor.
2A. Chivalry and the Warrior Code
2B. The Origins of Chivalry

King Arthur
3A. King Arthur, British Resistence Legend
3B. The Archeological Quest for Arthur
3C. The Arthurian Legends
3D. The History of Avalon

Related Topics
4A. Satire

Class Trial
5A. Chivalry Trial Directions and Roles