Short Talk Schedule for Western Literary Masterworks

Traditional Communal Myth versus An Individual's Work

Week 3: January 30th/February 1st

• Short Talk 1: Euripides' Alcestis:
  For 203.001, Tues, Jan 30th: Kelly Caudill
  For 203.002, Thurs, Feb 1st: Emily Aguilar
• Short Talk 2: Euripides' Hippolytus
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Feb 1st: Nazarin Nour/Jhoanna Gomez
• Short Talk 3: Euripides' IIon
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Feb 1st: Joe Clair/Meggan Jackson

Week 4: February 6th/8th

• Short Talk 4: Euripides' Electra
  For 203.001, Tues, Feb 6th: Elizabeth Baebel/
  For 203.002, Thurs, Feb 8th: Ned Khatrichettr_
• Short Talk 5: Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis
  For 203.001/002, Thurs Feb 8th: Marianna Lopez/Don Napolitano
• Short Talk 6: Euripides' Medea
  For 203.001/002, Thurs Feb 8th: Gretchen Hilmer/Ben Booth

Week 5: February 13th/15th

• Short Talk 7: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2: The Sack of Troy
  For 203.001, Tues, Feb 13th: Jason Creque
  For 203.002, Thurs, Feb 15th: Greg Shuster
• Short Talk 8: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4: The Tragedy of Dido
  For 203.001, Tues, Feb 13th: Pamela Melendez
  For 203.002, Thurs, Feb 15th: Andrew Pitre
• Short Talk 9: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 5: Time Out for Games
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Feb 15th: Michele ThomasPaul Petrzrick

Week 6: February 20th/22nd

• Short Talk 10: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 12: The Final Agon
  For 203.001, Tues, Feb 20th: Dien Nguyen
  For 203.002, Thurs, Feb 22nd: Thomas Racca
• Short Talk 11: Boorman's Excalibur: As the Story of Arthur and Guinevere
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Feb 22nd: Ammielou Keating/David Soorenko
• Short Talk 12: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: Erec and Enide: Love & Marriage
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Feb 22nd: Diana Mullen/Melissa Milom

Week 7: February 27th/March1st

• Short Talk 13: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot): As the Story of Lancelot and Guinevere
  For 203.001, Tues, Feb 27th: Todd Langford
  For 203.002, Thurs, Mar 1st: Amy Rosenbery
• Short Talk 14: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: The Knight with the Lion (Ivain): The Characters of Laudine and Lunette
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Mar 1st: Stephen Chiang/Lacie McLauren

Week 8: Spring Recess, March 5th - 11th

Week 9: March 13th/15th

• Short Talk 15: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances: The Story of the Grail (Perceval): The Character of the Hero, Perceval
  For 203.001, Tues, Mar 13th: Debbie Hanig_
  For 203.002, Thurs, Mar 15th: Mary Webber
• Short Talk 16: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Miller's Tale'
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Mar 15th: Dave Glass/Rukhsana Begum

Week 10: March 20th/22nd

• Short Talk 17: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Nun's Priest's Tale'
  For 203.001, Tues, Mar 20th: Cari Weisman
  For 203.002, Thurs, Mar 22nd: Hyun Ju Lee
• Short Talk 18: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Pardoner's Tale'
  For 203.001, Tues, Mar 20th: Catherine Tiffany
  For 203.002, Thurs, Mar 22nd: Domenic Vadala
• Short Talk 19: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Mar 22nd: Vanessa Warner/Dana Sipos

Week 11: March 27th/29th

• Short Talk 20: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Friar and Summoner's Tales'
  For 203.001, Tues, Mar 27th: Rachel Chang
  For 203.001, Thurs, Mar 29th: Danielle Mason
• Short Talk 21: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Clerk's Tale'
  For 203.001, Tues, Mar 27th: Jonathan Krems
  For 203.001, Thurs, Mar 29th: Edna McClung
• Short Talk 22: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Merchant's Tale'
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Mar 29th: Stephanie Ricciuti/Kizita Awvakye

Week 12: April 3rd/5th

• Short Talk 23: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Squire's Tale'
  For 203.001, Tues, Apr 3rd: Emily Khin
  For 203.002, Thurs, Apr 5th: Abigail Bosscher
• Short Talk 24: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: 'The Franklyn's Tale'
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Apr 5th: Sean Lanier/Trinh Truong

Week 13: April 10th/12th

• Short Talk 25: From Selections from Canzonière, ed., trans. Mark Musa: The Poetry of Petrarch: The Ways in Which Petrarch expresses Inward Conflicts
  For 203.001, Tues Apr 10th: Brooke Kent
  For 203.001, Thurs, Apr 12th:_________________________
• Short Talk 26: From Gaspara Stampa: Selected Poems, ed. trans. L. A. Stortini and M. P. Lille: The Poetry of Gaspara Stampa: What is the Story that Emerges from the Poems.
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Apr 12th: Lauren Alexander/_________________

Week 14: April 17th/19th

• Short Talk 27: Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons: A Political Tragedy
  For 203.001, Tues, Apr 17th: Kimberly Chambliss
  For 203.002, Thurs, Apr 19th: Don Hass_
• Short Talk 28: Thomas More's Utopia, Book I: Discuss the Serious Criticisms of Society
  For 203.001/002, Thurs, Apr 19th: Jodi Dreher/_____________________

Week 15: April 24th/25th

• Short Talk 29: Thomas More's Utopia, Book II: Discuss the Ideals that are Presented
  For 203.001, Tues, Apr 24th: Thomas Hart
  For 203.002, Thurs, Apr 26th_______________________