Monthly Archives: June 2007
Monday’s reading.
I’m looking for the “Chaste Subjects” reading on the blog and not seeing it. Am I being a moron? Is anyone else finding it?
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Readings from Thursday, June 29
I am copying the handouts from today’s class below: Rules of Love The following set of rules is based on the De Amore of Andreas Capellanus, as adapted in Appendix 1 of Ann S. Haskell’s A Middle English Anthology (Detroit: … Continue reading
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Orientalism
It was a late night last night so I was only able to get through Orientalism and most of that there “The Arabian Nights.” But seeing as how some other intellectual minds have covered “Nights” I’ll just move on to … Continue reading
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Late on Dronke.
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 … Continue reading
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Guns don’t kill people, Husbands who come home from work early kill people…
I stole that title from a one-liner I heard on The Blue Collar Comedy tour, but I feel it applies quite well to our readings. The knee-jerk reaction of the husband who discovers that his wife is sleeping with another … Continue reading
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Shahrazad’s Magic
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 … Continue reading
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Playing Catch-up
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 … Continue reading
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Confusion but an attempt
I tried, I really did. But pushing past all fo the name dropping and big words is tough for a tired student so I will try my best to give out some interpretations on “A History of 12th Century Western … Continue reading
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Irwin Chapter 3/ Menocal Chapters 1 & 2
the other- Menocal writes that the recent surge, over the past few centuries, in the development of Europe and the Americas, due to imperialist pursuits, has led them to classify themselves as a distinct entity from the Arab cultures that … Continue reading
Initial Reaction
Oceans of Stories There were a number of strange and unnerving ideas placed forth by Irwin that I have never thought about before. For starters I have never contemplated the origins of stories until today. It shouldn’t be surprising that … Continue reading
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