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Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)

The Assignment This activity involves the entire classroom, the class will be split up into a number of equally sized groups. Each group will be assigned a section of the novel. Please keep your section to yourself as telling other classmates will ruin the surprise later. Once you’ve received your section, you will work withinContinue reading “Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)”

“The Unfair Comparison Between Chikamatsu and Shakespeare”

            Chikamatsu Monzaemon, born in 1653, is one of the most influential theatrical authors to come out of Japan. He was so influential, in fact, that several of his plays were banned for potentially influencing people to carry out acts like those portrayed within the stories that he told, like the ones that took placeContinue reading ““The Unfair Comparison Between Chikamatsu and Shakespeare””

Othello: A Children’s Comic

Link to comic: https://share.pixton.com/rcy2r9f Savannah Tessier  Nic Helms Rethinking Medieval Literature  Project 2 Othello a Children’s Comic I chose to rewrite Shakespeare’s Othello, but as a children’s comic. I made some changes to it of course to make it kid friendly.  I’ve never seen anything like this done before and I thought it would beContinue reading “Othello: A Children’s Comic”

Shakuntala: A Retelling of Act I From a Female Perspective

Early Summer, Kanva’s Hermitage  I woke early the morning after a dream where I was running–through the groves surrounding the hermitage, at first, but then the trees closed together above my head and it was quite dark. Then I was in a room, a great hall with a high ceiling. The trees had turned toContinue reading “Shakuntala: A Retelling of Act I From a Female Perspective”

A Garden of Forbidden Love

Savannah Tessier Nic Helms Project 2 Currents in Global Literature  A Garden of Forbidden Love Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was first published in 1597, but is still one of the most well known plays today and is still being performed all over the globe. A newer adaptation of this play is the movie Gnomeo andContinue reading “A Garden of Forbidden Love”

The Tree of Knowledge: A Poetic Response to Milton’s Paradise Lost

1. Myself They named me Tree of Knowledge. I did not name myself. I did not choose the place in which I grew, I just awoke, out of the soil when the earth was still dark and sacred and new. I reached toward the light and the light grew along with me swelling in theContinue reading “The Tree of Knowledge: A Poetic Response to Milton’s Paradise Lost”

Paradise Lost Lucifer Doll

By Maya Russell My project is making a crochet doll of Lucifer from Paradise Lost. It is made of 100% cotton yarn light (three) weight with a 2.25mm hook. The hair is the same color red as in the Alexandre Cabanel painting The Fallen Angel. It is curly and medium length like a cherub toContinue reading “Paradise Lost Lucifer Doll”

Translating the translation of Shakuntala

Kalibasa Shakuntala Translated by  Arthur W. Ryder Again, translated by Kieran J. Bondarchuk *Note that most acts will be, what some might refer to as, “NOT TRANSLATED”. Some might even say that they are “NOT PRESENT”. Well . . . I’m sure Arthur had omitted and shifted some story around. What’s the big deal? A translationContinue reading “Translating the translation of Shakuntala”

Breasts, Eggs, and Japanese Feminism

Eggs and Things by Maria Zambon Society sees women as things: Breasts and eggs. Meat to tenderize in their hands. Small stupid creatures with the purpose of popping out babies. Cowards. We put together sperm and eggs, and sometimes wish we hadn’t. Because then women are: Machines to be customized. Socially scrutinized. Held to expectations.Continue reading “Breasts, Eggs, and Japanese Feminism”