Short Talk Schedule for Western Literary Masterworks

An Exploration of Traditional Communal Myths (the Matter of Troy, the Matter of Arthur) and the Emergence of Individualism

Week 3: September 13th

• Short Talk 1: Euripides' Hippolytus: Nghi Nguyen
  
• Short Talk 2: Euripides' Ion: Travis Martin
  
• Short Talk 3: Euripides' Medea: Robyn Weisman
  

Week 4: September 20th

• Short Talk 4: Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis: Greg Shuster
  
• Short Talk 5: Euripides' Trojan Women: Melissa McDonough
  
• Short Talk 6: Euripides' Electra: Brittany East
  

Week 5: September 27th

• Short Talk 7: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2: Sack of Troy: Jarret Durney
  
• Short Talk 8: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4: The Tragedy of Dido: Ted Zyla
  
• Short Talk 9: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 6: Journey to Hades: Ryan Goodin
  

Week 6: October 4th

• Short Talk 10: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 8: Arcadian Allies: _______________________
  
• Short Talk 11: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 9: A Night Sortie, A Day Assault: ____________________________
  
• Short Talk 12: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 12: The Final Agon: ______________________________
  

Week 8: October 18th

• Short Talk 13: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: Erec and Enide: Marcia Fenerty
  
• Short Talk 14: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot): Andrea Knutsen
  
• Short Talk 15: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: The Knight with the Lion (Ivain): Wesley Koerner
  

Week 9: October 25th

• Short Talk 16: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: The Story of the Grail (Perceval): Tony Falkenstein
  
• Short Talk 16a: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: "The Knight's Tale": Kristen Henry
  
• Short Talk 17: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: '"The Miller and the Shipman's Tales": Josh Mahler
  

Week 10: November 1st

• Short Talk 18: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Nun's Priest's Tale": Rodney Lewis
  
• Short Talk 19: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale: Faith Jones
  
• Short Talk 20: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale": Gacy La
  

Week 11: November 8th

• Short Talk 21: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: "The Friar and the Summoner's Tales": William Wong
  
• Short Talk 22: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: "The Physician and the Clerk's Tales": Phil Corso
  
• Short Talk 23: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: "The Merchant and Franklyn's Tales": Keith Hughes
  

Week 14: November 29th

• Short Talk 25: Thomas More's Utopia, Book I: The Criticism of Real Society then and now: Rich Wiley
  
• Short Talk 26: Thomas More's Utopia, Book II: Discuss the Ideals that are Presented: Jennifer Rude
  
• Short Talk 27: Gaspara Stampa: Selected Poems, ed. trans. L. A. Stortini and M. P. Lille: The Poetry of Gaspara Stampa: Karen Berkon
  

Week 15: December 6th

• Short Talk 28: Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette's The Princess de Clèves: Monica Jones
  
• Short Talk 29: Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette's "The Princess de Montpensier" and "The Comtesse de Tende": Andrea Knutsen