Short Talk Schedule for Western Literary Masterworks

The Matters of Troy and Arthur, and the Renaissance as it affected Women

Meeting 3: September 16th

• Short Talk 1: Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis: The Position of Women: Vivian Mitchell
  
• Short Talk 2: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2: How they took the city: The Roles of Betrayal and Loyalty: George Winkler
  
• Short Talk 3: Euripides' Trojan Women: Euripides on War and Treachery: Birgida Sunderland
  
• Short Talk 4: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 3: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings: Clark Henry
  

Meeting 4: September 23rd

• Short Talk 5: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4: The Passion of the Queen: Virgil's Treatment of Love: Daniel Espensen
  
• Short Talk 6: Euripides' Electra: The Treatment of Matricide: Susan Osborne
  
• Short Talk 7: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 6: The World Below: The Uses of Allegory: Matthew Carlin
  
• Short Talk 8: Euripides Medea: The Dangers of Loving Without Limit: Meghan Von Runnen
  

Meeting 5: September 30th

• Short Talk 9: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 8: Arcadian Allies: The Love of Peace, Friendship and Civilization in Virgil _________________________________
  
• Short Talk 10: Book 9: A Night Sortie, A Day Assault: Violence in The Aeneid: James Downs
  
• Short Talk 11: Euripides' The Bacchae: As A Summation of Greek Attitudes towards Passion and Self-Control: Maria Johnson
  

Meetings 6 & 7: October 7th and 15th

• On October 7th: the first-third exam occurs; on October 15th: Essay With Guidelines #1 is due and the class watches Boorman's Excalibur.

Meeting 8: October 21st

• Short Talk 12: Boorman's Excalibur: The Allegory and Imagery: Todd Duffield
  
• Short Talk 13: Chrétien's Erec and Enide: the quest from Erec's point of view: Ted Prill
  
• Short Talk 14: Chrétien's Erec and Enide: the quest from Enide's point of view: Ali Karim
  

Meeting 9: October 28th

• Short Talk 15: Chrétien's The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot): self-abnegation and melancholy in Lancelot: Greg Tollefson
  
• Short Talk 16: Chrétien's The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot): courtly love from Guevenere and the other (mostly unnamed) ladies' perspectives: Pamela Dalton
  
• Short Talk 17: Chrétien's The Knight with the Lion (Ivain): chivalry from the point of view of Laudine and Lunette: Robert Ascencios
  
• Short Talk 18: Chrétien's The Knight with the Lion (Ivain): The Role of the Lion: Stephen Cleary
  

Meeting 10: November 4th

• Short Talk 19: Chrétien's The Story of the Grail (Perceval): Complicated Moral Lessons: Angelique Moree
  
• Short Talk 20: Joseph Bédier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseut: Love versus Society (as an argument against marriage and for adultery): Michelle Gibboney
  
• Short Talk 21: Joseph Bédier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseut: Its Haunting Beauty: Katherine Hrycyna
  
• Short Talk 22: Robert de Bresson's Lancelot du Lac as a film: Reality versus Myth: Jeana Berrios
  

Meetings 11 & 12: November 11th and 18th

On November 11th, the second-third exam occurs; on November 18th: Essay With Guidelines #2 is due and the class watches Curtis's The Changeling.

Meeting 13: November 25th

• Short Talk 23: The film version of The Changeling: The Acting and the Message: ___________________________
  
• Short Talk 24: The Poetry and Prose of Christine de Pizan: A Learned Gentlewoman's Life in the Medieval Period: Danielle Dispasquale
  
• Short Talk 25: The Life and Poetry of Gaspara Stampa: The Effect of Status and Gender on the Two Participants: Corrie Phillips
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• Short Talk 26: Two modern feminist scholars debate the realities of early modern women's writing: Beatrice Gottlieb's "The Problem of Feminism in the Fifteenth Century" and Sheila Delancy's "Mothers to Think Back Through": Danielle Gomes
  

Meeting 14: Monday, December 2nd

• Short Talk 27: Moral Vision in Jacobean Tragedy: the character of Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi: Nhat Pham
  
• Short Talk 28: The Character of the Duchess in The Duchess of Malfi: Paul Sheridan
  
• Short Talk 29: The Princess of Cleves: The Attitude towards Love and Marriage as Power Politics: William Miller
  
• Short Talk 30: The Princess of Cleves, The Princess de Montpensier and The Comtesse de Tende: Women's Tragedies: Gomathi Kumar