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6 May
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Chaucer (House of Fame HTML PDF) | Meet n greet Middle English 1 |
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13 May
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Gibbs ("Introduction"); Paxson ("Introduction"); Turner (2002) | Cognition, rhetoric, poetics |
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20 May
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Herakles's Choice; The Seventh Seal; Paxson (3); Gibbs (2 & 3) | Figuration |
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27 May
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Piers Plowman (Prologue and Passus 1); Paxson (4 & 5) |
Narrative; Middle English 2 |
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3 June
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Piers Plowman (The Marriage/Trial of Meed, passus 2 and 3; especially note 2.161-235); Gibbs (4 & 5) | Metaphor |
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10 June
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Piers Plowman (Thoghte, 8.68-131; Imagynatif, 11.400-end, passus 12); Gibbs (7) | Metonymy |
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17 June
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Piers Plowman (Cruces, plant of peace metaphor, 1.148-58; Piers’ pathway to Truth, 5.537-642; the tearing of the pardon, 7.1-145; the tree of charity, 16.1-115; Anima 15.1-63); Sinding (2002) | The limits of Metaphor |
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24 June
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Crisp (2003, 2005a, 2005b, 2008)
William Blake, "The Garden of Love" Matthew Arnold, "Isolation," "A Dream," "Sohrab and Rustrum" Charles Baudelaire, "Le Voyage" |
Crisp's cognitive view of allegory; a class visit |
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26 June
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1 July
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Canada Day Holiday; no class | |
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8 July
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Attend the workshop (notes, handouts, ...) | Workshop debriefing; Essay session |
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15 July
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The Wizard of Oz (Movie); Bring your own allegory | The life allegorical |
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22 July
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Course wrap up; essay due | |