Short Talk Schedule for Western Literary Masterworks

Troy, Arthur and the Stage-Play World

Meeting 3: February 7th/11th

• Short Talk 1: Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis: The Position of Women: Jennifer McCann/Yasmeen Rafique
  
• Short Talk 2: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2: How they took the city: The Roles of Betrayal and Loyalty: Laura Beeton/Carolyn Berthelson
  
• Short Talk 3: Euripides' Trojan Women: Euripides on War: Adelheid Osmers/____________________________
  

Meeting 4: February 14th/18th

• Short Talk 4: Euripides' Electra: The Treatment of Matricide: Gary Lowe/Ryan Resing
  
• Short Talk 5: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4: The Passion of the Queen: Virgil's Treatment of Love: George Galanis/Chafula Abdullah
  
• Short Talk 6: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 6: The World Below: The Uses of Allegory: Geoff Ramer/Jason Moore
  

Meeting 5: February 21st/25th

• Short Talk 7: Euripides' Hippolytus: The Treatment of Pride: Jean Marino/David Barnum
  
• Short Talk 8: Euripides Medea: The Dangers of Loving Without Limit: Courtney McGregor/Anthony Champ
  
• Short Talk 9: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 9: A Night Sortie, A Day Assault: Violence in The Aeneid: Sean Parkinson/Oscar Giron
  

Meeting 6: February 28th/March 4th

• Short Talk 10: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 12: The Fortunes of War: Virgil's Attitude towards War: Will Czarnick/Shannon Charron
  
• Short Talk 11: Euripides' Ion: Rape and Adoption: Family Life in Ancient Tragedy: Mastin Fowler/Leriza Patino
  
• Short Talk 12: Euripides' The Bacchae: As A Summation of Greek Tragedy: Lacie McLaurin/______________________
  

Meeting 7:

• Journal-Essay #1 is due; the class watches Boorman's Excalibur.

Meeting 8: March 21st/25th

• Short Talk 13: Boorman's Excalibur as a film: Bill Grandy/Dalia Goldgor
  
• Short Talk 14: Chrétien's Erec and Enide: The Adjustments of Love and Marriage: Lorraine Evans/Hillary Veith
  
• Short Talk 15: Chrétien's The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot): Conflicts of Courtly Love and Adultery: Jen Watkins/Deirdre Lozzi
  

Meeting 9: March 28th/April 1st

• Short Talk 16: Chrétien's The Knight with the Lion (Ivain): The Uses of Allegory: Sarah Bohne/Erica Rountree
  
• Short Talk 17: Chrétien's The Story of the Grail (Perceval), *NOTE, read only the story of Perceval, not the story of Gawain, pp. 381 - 449, 457 - 461, lines 1 - 4727, 6233 - 6553: Self-abnegation and Morality: Bill Grandy/Nathan Woolwine
  
• Short Talk 18: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Tale: The Testing of Gawain: Will Czarnick/Kristen Seliquini
  

Meeting 10: April 4th/8th

• Short Talk 19: Joseph Bédier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseut: Love versus Society: Courtney McGregor/Shabnam Belat
  
• Short Talk 20: Three Poems: Matthew Arnold's "Tristram and Iseult", Sara Teasdale's "Guenevere" and Alfred Tennyson's "The Passing of Arthur": The Aftermath: Lorraine Evans/Anthony Champ
  
• Short Talk 21: Robert de Bresson's Lancelot of the Lake: Reality versus myth: David Groves/David Barnum
  

Meeting 11: April 11th/15th

• Journal-Essay #2 is due; the class watches Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons.

Meeting 12: April 18th/22nd

• Short Talk 22: Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons: The Cost of the Individual Conscience: David Groves/Christopher Henvit
  
• Short Talk 23: Thomas More's Utopia, Book I: The Criticism of Real Society then and now: Mike Solo/James Verdier
  
• Short Talk 24: Thomas More's Utopia, Book II: Discuss the Ideals that are Presented: Anson Brown/_____________________
  

Meeting 13: Thursday and Monday, April 25th and 29th.

• Short Talk 25: Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince: A Recipe for Gaining Power and the Uses of Violence: Thien Tran/William Frogale
  
• Short Talk 26: Gaspara Stampa: Selected Poems, ed. trans. L. A. Stortini and M. P. Lille: The Poetry of Gaspara Stampa: Yelena Teterina/Marcel Jewell
  

Meeting 14: May 2nd/6th

• Short Talk 27: Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale: The Relationship of the Tragic to the Comic: Jarrett Durney/Tara Humphrys