Posted in marriage, storytelling, women on Jul 18th, 2007
This will be brief; Dr. K is supposed to be here in five minutes and I just finished Petrarch’s letter as well as his version of Boccaccio’s Griselda story.
So far, I’m not a big fan of Petrarch’s. In the letter, he seemed to slap Boccaccio with some indirect-but-backhanded comments, ie: suggesting that Petrarch has much [...]
Posted in engl445h, modernity, sexual identity, storytelling on Jul 10th, 2007
I remember reading an article for the annotated bibliography in Dr. Kennedy’s 310 class about Boccaccio’s The Decameron, and I also remember thinking that I hoped I would never have to read it. When I saw it on the syllabus for this course, I won’t lie - I was a little intimidated. I [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, honor, storytelling on Jul 6th, 2007
Looking at the Lancelot reading again I want to parallel the evil dwarf with the evil Jinn of the Arabian Nights. That’s pretty obvious– they’re both wretched, tricky creatures, even if the Jinn is not that bright, not to mention their hideous physical features. Is this a ridiculous statement, though? Should this be regarded as [...]
Posted in engl445h, storytelling on Jul 2nd, 2007
First off, I have to say this was the first reading that I could not put down, ignoring the fact that I read during my night class.
I don’t know if I’m just a sucker for fairy tales or what, but I don’t think I could even begin to doubt Lancelot and the Queen’s love. And [...]
Posted in engl445h, sexual identity, storytelling, transformation on Jul 1st, 2007
I am so friggin’ confused about the reading right now. I’m not sure what is due tomorrow but I read “The Sodomitic Moor” and “Chaste Subjects.” Hopefully they were the right choices. If not, meh. I’m going to read Eneas tomorrow morning since my eyes are starting to cross again.
To begin with, “TSM” made Spain sound [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, storytelling, translation on Jun 28th, 2007
It is due to my frustration regarding all things “computerized” that I am just now posting on Dronke. My apologies.
When Dronke goes into the issue of translation, I perk up. In hindsight everything is a phenomenon, and we are able to distance ourselves sufficiently to “study” the past. The warnings that history is doomed to [...]
Posted in magic, storytelling on Jun 27th, 2007
You have to hand it to Shahrazad. She tells one very compelling story. And she does this by telling a story within a story within a story. Think about it. The main story of The Arabian Nights, is her own. She reminds us of this with some small word or phrase found within the text. She [...]
Posted in Cultural Connections, storytelling on Jun 26th, 2007
In the Irwin chapter of “Oceans of stories” the fact that almost every story has a link to another does not surprise me in the least. If you think about it, there are only so many ways to tell a fable or to teach a moral to others. Almost every culture has thier own version [...]
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