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Lecturer Urges Total Medieval Study
University Daily Kansan
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To appreciate medieval literature, study the Middle Ages in its entirety, a Humanities lecturer said last night.
Frederick Norman, head of the German department of King's College in London, England, said a study of history, customs, beliefs, architecture and so forth, are necessary to begin to enjoy medieval writing as persons of the Middle Ages did.
Speaking in Fraser Theater to an audience of about 350, Norman pictured medieval times as totally static.
THE EARTH WAS FLAT, Norman declared, with heaven above and the fires of hell below.
"The earth was the center of the universe." Norman said. "It was a time when the expressions 'four corners of the world' and 'ends of the earth' had what seemed to be very real meanings."
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fact that people of that time viewed the universe as one ordered by God.
"It was a universe of cold justice with God at the end." Norman said. He compared that picture to the beliefs of some modern nihilist writers who picture a universe with only a yawning abyss and despair as the end.
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE arose from two basic sources, Norman said, and it inevitably intertwined.
The basic source was the Bible, he said, with related stories of martyrs and the pious stories of the Christian tradition.
On the other side were the secular stories, Norman said.
"This secular body of literature arose from the heroic legends which were necessary to a primitive warring society," he said.
NORMAN CITED THE Beowulf legend as an example of what he believes to be the intertwining of secular and religious roots of medieval literature.
The ancient hero, according to Norman, represents a Christian champion. He kills the monster Grendel, which in the legend is a descendant of Cain and therefore an enemy of God, Norman said.
Because of the Biblical contexts of the secular literature, Norman contended, the literature was accepted as true by the people if only the author could prove his source.
Rab Malik, Pakistan graduate student and president of the organization said a number of members have announced their candidacy for office. They are:
The International Club will elect new officers for next semester at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Charles Marvin, Lawrence senior, candidate for president; Javed Chak, Pakistan senior, and Bushra Karaman, Israel junior, candidates for vice-president and Norma Repuyan, Junction City senior, candidate for social chairman.
"In fact," Norman declared, "the most important question asked about written matter was, 'Is it true?'"
International Club Sets Election
Malik said additional nominations for officers may be made from the floor during the meeting.
Refreshments will be served after the election.
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