http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#0da894be-0782-43c9-8788-b47a66f30a72 Ok, I'll ask around in our department for you. Maybe I can find someone who has done neither linguistics nor economy...; ) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:27:26 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#0da894be-0782-43c9-8788-b47a66f30a72 Canela, too hot for you 2009-06-10T03:27:26Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#a477b824-1529-4681-8ea5-f723fbb48017 Hey Shannon! No, it's not that. But an idea. I'm looking for something pre-Shakespearian to teach in conjunction with Midsummer Night's Dream... Our local drama expert just left us, and guess who got stuck with his first drama class? I'll check Chili's links, too, thanks! Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:55:06 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#a477b824-1529-4681-8ea5-f723fbb48017 JM 2009-06-09T18:55:06Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#920ab5a0-455a-4ad3-94f9-3505d2ec84e1 That's a pity. The Inferno is kind of fun. Its one of those things in which the enjoyment level entirely depends on the quality of the translation though , unless you're reading the original Italian. Dante was a really twisted bastard. I have a feeling he designed such an elaborate hell as a kind of mental revenge against his political enemies. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:36:12 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#920ab5a0-455a-4ad3-94f9-3505d2ec84e1 Shannon 2009-06-09T15:36:12Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#e624b969-5027-4090-be32-b1455a265360 Actually, he is up there on my shelf, Shannon. ; ) Someone once tried to turn me on to Dante's "Inferno" and that did not work either. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:30:34 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#e624b969-5027-4090-be32-b1455a265360 Canela, too hot for you 2009-06-09T15:30:34Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#465f6b26-d192-4b47-8c17-8a447315b78f Long and deliberately silly speeches? Sounds great! Let me know when you figure it out. Meanwhile, we are making up our own. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:26:21 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#465f6b26-d192-4b47-8c17-8a447315b78f Canela, too hot for you 2009-06-09T15:26:21Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#0e469045-f3f7-4dc6-9e72-d2de30847c63 um this might help (not just shakespeare)... maybe? http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-elizabethan-playwright-authors.htm http://www.culturalresources.com/BAR10.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:26:00 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#0e469045-f3f7-4dc6-9e72-d2de30847c63 Chili 2009-06-09T15:26:00Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#56adbd5a-ff69-49fb-81c7-944d461c2cd2 Canela, Milton was a 17th century British epic poet. He's mostly famous for Paradise Lost, which is about Lucifer and his fall from Heaven, though he wrote shorter poems every now and again too. Paradise Lost is interesting because Lucifer is the most human, sympathetic character with the best lines. It's a hard read--iambic pentameter that goes on for hundreds of pages isn't what we're used to in English. But the language rhythm is really compelling in places, and it's a useful work of literature to know about, because it's one of those canonical cornerstones. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:25:49 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#56adbd5a-ff69-49fb-81c7-944d461c2cd2 Shannon 2009-06-09T15:25:49Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#082c9ed1-c772-4270-b5d1-c9dc1efeec37 Milton never wrote plays, and was a century later. Perhaps you're thinking of John Lyly's Endymion? Pastoral? Amusing? Sometimes long and deliberately silly speeches? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:21:33 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#082c9ed1-c772-4270-b5d1-c9dc1efeec37 Shannon 2009-06-09T15:21:33Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#8390c7d7-a879-443b-8c7a-9fc4177c6774 Midsummer nights' dream. Who is Milton? (oops!) ; ) Is his last name Wilmot, by any chance? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:14:40 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#8390c7d7-a879-443b-8c7a-9fc4177c6774 Canela, too hot for you 2009-06-09T15:14:40Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#1583537f-d5aa-411a-b319-fb8f033b8746 I'm thinking of a play. English. Say, 1600-1700. Something sort of like Midsummer Night's Dream, but not. Milton? Did Milton even write plays? The title is the name of the male protagonist. Set in a forest. Lots of magic. Happy ending. Vague, I know, but any ideas? Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:22:18 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/89c3a963-5962-4da1-948b-aa0b9f6170ca#1583537f-d5aa-411a-b319-fb8f033b8746 JM 2009-06-08T17:22:18Z