An English Classic

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Animation

Space Science and Engineering Centre, University of Wisconsin-Madison
www.ssec.wisc.edu/visitview/tutorial/img2.html
Simple tutorial to create a programme that has multiple frames that can be used as an animation.

WCS Science
www.wcsscience.com/animations/page.html
Detailed site outlining procedures in creating computer generated animations. Compares this to techniques used in producing videos.

Computer Science, University of British Columbia
www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/ladic/animate.html
Technical site discussing video and animation formats for the Web. Useful links to free software for creating animations on the Web.

The Persistence of Vision Raytracer
www.povray.org/documentation/view/96
Technical support. No need for manual setting of frames – this programme activates an internal animation sequence that automatically handles the animation loop details.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Channel 4 – 4Learning
www.channel4.com/learning/main/netnotes/dsp_series.cfm?seriesid=247
In-depth analysis of the style, themes, narrative structure and characterisations in the poem, and commentary on the Channel 4 animation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Luminarium
www.luminarium.org/medlit/gawainre.htm
Good source for visual inspiration of Gawain. Covers a range of themes and critical approaches, gives lists of questions, online student projects, manuscript illuminations, and other useful links.

School of Computer Science and Information Systems
http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs992b/CharAnalisys.htm
Good source for background information on medieval conventions and culture. Lists medieval codes of chivalry and definitions of knightly virtue, as well as an in-depth character analysis of Gawain.

Sparknotes – literary study guides
www.sparknotes.com/lit/gawain/index.html
A basic, but detailed, overview of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' by a student.

Nortex InfoNet
www.nortexinfo.net/McDaniel/1-06sg.html
A useful overview of the themes of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'.

Middle English E-text

University of Toronto
www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/sggk.html
Online Middle English text.

Reference

Harvard College – Instructional Computing Group
http://icg.harvard.edu/~chaucer/bibliography/b6-allit.htm
An online bibliography of printed book and journal essays on the poem and the alliterative tradition.