We're very excited to be diving in to the 2021 film The Green Knight this month, as well as the 14th century English epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on which the film is based. As an introduction to this series, we discuss our overview thoughts on the movie, plus our experiences with the source text, as well as Arthurian legends in general. 

We also do our usual "table of contents," giving you a taste of the topics we plan to talk about this month. Things like:

• the positioning of the text among its medieval contemporaries vs. how we view the text and film as a modern audience
• attitudes toward sex and sexuality in both medieval and modern contexts
• current pop culture works of fantasy fiction in which we see echoes of the same medievalist themes, like Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and, yes, Star Wars
• how beautiful Dev Patel is

Plus, we are going to have a guest this month, and it's a good one! You'll definitely want to tune in for that. Or maybe not, I don't know, I don't know your life.

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