I'm sorry, but i hate medieval lit.

Random Female · 11-04-2002, 12:07 AM

With the exception of Dante's Inferno, I find most of it to be so unnecessary. I don't understand how you could spend your entire life devoted to studying and teaching works like Mabinogion, Marie De France, Piers Ploughman, Morte d' arthur etc. They're usually kinda fun to read and they're all dripping with metaphor but to what end? I just don't understand the appeal.

sarmatianus · 11-04-2002, 12:10 AM

I was about to smack you down with Dante, but you clearly have taste enough to exempt him.

nr: Purgatorio, Canto XXVII

Random Female · 11-04-2002, 12:13 AM

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Originally posted by sarmatianus
I was about to smack you down with Dante, but you clearly have taste enough to exempt him.

nr: Purgatorio, Canto XXVII

I loved Dante. I guess medieval lit gets pardoned since it produced that work.

Random Female · 11-04-2002, 12:14 AM

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Originally posted by killtheyouth
Fair enough but i think Chaucer is hilarious.

hmm. maybe i should narrow it down to the romantic short stories of the medieval period and not be so generalized. I dind't LOVE Chaucer or anything, but it's definitely worth reading a few of those stories.

Samsa · 11-04-2002, 12:16 AM

isn't dante 15th century? :erm

Samsa · 11-04-2002, 12:17 AM

13th 14th century?!?!?!

i've been bamboozled

Random Female · 11-04-2002, 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by Samsa
isn't dante 15th century? :erm

all'z i know is i read it in my medieval lit class, taught by one of the leading medievalists in the country. I think she would know?

Samsa · 11-04-2002, 12:18 AM

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Originally posted by Random Female
all'z i know is i read it in my medieval lit class, taught by one of the leading medievalists in the country. I think she would know?

11-04-2002, 12:21 AM

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Originally posted by Random Female
one of the leading medievalists in the country.

That just sounds funny.

Does she bill herself as one of the leading medievalists in the country is this just something that's widely known on campus?

I had a prof. who was one of the country's leading experts on polymers. A real winner let me tell ya.

Samsa · 11-04-2002, 12:23 AM

i'm one of the leading nose-pickers in the country :erm

heh. i wonder if i wanna study medieval history. i'm just a freshmen and don't know shit but the stuff we did on the eras approximately between 500-1400 were pretty kewl. hmph.

oh sorry :X

hm hm hm. so anyone ever read umm. demian by herman hesse?

beatrice! ugh.

sarmatianus · 11-04-2002, 12:37 AM

Dante - 1265 to 1321. Divine Comedy was probably published between 1315 and 1320, or thereabouts.

If anyone wants to embark upon Dante, I recommend the new Oxford edition (Durling/Martinez). Inferno's been out for a few years; Purgatorio is coming out in January. You'll have to use someone else for Paradiso, though (Mandelbaum, Singleton, and Ciardi are all good picks).

Who's your leading medievalist?

11-04-2002, 12:07 AM	#1
Random Female Apocalyptic Poster Location: white folks' ghetto, San Diego Posts: 2,005	I'm sorry, but i hate medieval lit. With the exception of Dante's Inferno, I find most of it to be so unnecessary. I don't understand how you could spend your entire life devoted to studying and teaching works like Mabinogion, Marie De France, Piers Ploughman, Morte d' arthur etc. They're usually kinda fun to read and they're all dripping with metaphor but to what end? I just don't understand the appeal.

11-04-2002, 12:10 AM	#2
sarmatianus Apocalyptic Poster Location: Charm City Posts: 1,033	I was about to smack you down with Dante, but you clearly have taste enough to exempt him. nr: Purgatorio, Canto XXVII

11-04-2002, 12:16 AM	#5
Samsa Banned Location: A theater near you Posts: 7,929	isn't dante 15th century? :erm

11-04-2002, 12:17 AM	#6
Samsa Banned Location: A theater near you Posts: 7,929	13th 14th century?!?!?! i've been bamboozled

11-04-2002, 12:23 AM	#10
Samsa Banned Location: A theater near you Posts: 7,929	i'm one of the leading nose-pickers in the country :erm heh. i wonder if i wanna study medieval history. i'm just a freshmen and don't know shit but the stuff we did on the eras approximately between 500-1400 were pretty kewl. hmph. oh sorry :X hm hm hm. so anyone ever read umm. demian by herman hesse? beatrice! ugh.

11-04-2002, 12:37 AM	#11
sarmatianus Apocalyptic Poster Location: Charm City Posts: 1,033	Dante - 1265 to 1321. Divine Comedy was probably published between 1315 and 1320, or thereabouts. If anyone wants to embark upon Dante, I recommend the new Oxford edition (Durling/Martinez). Inferno's been out for a few years; Purgatorio is coming out in January. You'll have to use someone else for Paradiso, though (Mandelbaum, Singleton, and Ciardi are all good picks). Who's your leading medievalist?