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__INTRODUCTION TO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18__ Professor Nicosia is Superwoman…in disguise as a meagerly paid college English professor A New Start Similarity to Freeman??

Final Paper Criteria on Blackboard and the class Wiki

Professor Nicosia has more of a Facebook life than we do – this makes me feel…

__MLA FORMATTING__ Margins: 1”

Works Cited, //not// Bibliography Tirschiary Lines indented Titles of Articles in Quotes Author: **Last** Name, **First** Name 1 Space between periods and the beginning of a new part Italicized or Underlined for Magazine, Publication Include the URL for websites Actually Type “Print” at the end of a document you physically have in your hand

OWL at Purdue: []

First Page: Make sure you have 1) your name, 2) teacher name, 3) class, 4) date No extra spaces between title and first paragraph Indent ½ inch at the beginning of each paragraph

Parenthetical Citation: (Author Last Name, Page Number).

Block Quotes: 4 lines or longer, indented on the left hand side, not the right, still double space Punctuation: the period goes before the parentheses

Upper Right-Hand Corner: Pagination: **Last** Name **Page** Number

Cover Pages Title Centered 1/3 down the page Authors Name Centered Course Name, Date Centered at the Bottom

__MARIE DE FRANCE: Lanval & Läustic__ Marked Shift in Narrative Style Marie de France is a precursor for the novel form First Person Narrative, an intrusive type of narrative “To tell the truth of how I know it” unlike the authors of the Iliad, Bible, etc. Similarity between Sappho and Marie – Feminine Quality

What is the purpose of Lanval? See what the characters were thinking for yourself – i.e. the Queen, infer the motives Marie writes from a psychological perspective: based on your reading, you create the characters Understand characterization

Why should people care about the portrayal of the Knights of the Round Table? Female perspective of the King Arthur-masculine tales Males focus on the glory / Females focus on the romance

Cautionary Tale? The breaking of an oath Bringing to real life the feelings that are abstract / emotional ~__Don Quixote__, Miguel Cervantes

Knights chase after the Holy Grail

Marie offers the romantic, emotional style – in a first person narrative Modern type of perspective, Marie wrote in the 12th Century Like Spongebob

Woman writer in a male-dominated period She doesn’t apologize with “I know this as the truth…” – She asserts her authority She becomes an expert of this text Masculine writers attacked her for writing and “challenging” to equal their expertise

Why do we care about the Holy Grail and the Round Table? Moralistic: their ethical stance based on morals Code of Chivalry Democracy: voices heard

Andreas Capellanus __The Art of Courtly Love__ Andreas was a monk Wrote a summary of the responsibilities and goals of a proper knight/courtier Art, Singing, Dancing, Politics, Science, Law, Public Speaking It’s a Code, and the code (like MLA) changes over time Jimmy gets satisfaction that he remembers what he couldn’t from last year Castiglione – __The Courtier__ (1528) [FOR MONDAY (NOVEMBER 23) We’re going to wiki on “Courtly Love”] The List: []

Physiognomy – the codification of physical attributes and spiritual personality Blazon – physical description of a knight from the head down Women had attributes considered ideal: (12th Century) High, wide forehead Gap between Teeth Wide set eyes … i.e. the Hammerhead Shark Long neck… it’s sensual (African-ish necklaces stretch neck) According to Andreas, you do not engage in sexual play, just intimately on side

Homosexuality 3rd Lateran Council: 1179 – sodomy is punished Marie de France writes around 1160 Andreas writes around 1170-1174 Queen accuses Lanval of corrupting her husband of homosexuality

__CLOSING REMARKS__ Wiki discussion for today to be posted tonight Discussion is put up on Wiki over the weekend to be put in for the missed class on Monday 2 Wikis for this week CLASS WILL **//NOT//** MEET ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 CLASS **//WILL//** MEET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25

-James Smith, November 18, 2009