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- Dr. Richard Scott Nokes
- A professor of medieval literature at Troy University, Dr. Nokes enjoys reading, film, and all things medieval.
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This is amazing. Thanks for posting this. I always thought the Decameron was one of the few medieval texts not worth reading, but you've changed my mind.
ReplyDeleteOh, no, READ IT! There are three texts I teach that students invariably fall in love with: The poetry of Catullus, The Pillowbook of Sei Shonagon, and The Decameron. When I didn't assign The Decameron in Medieval Lit this semester several students complained!
ReplyDeleteIt has 100 short stories, and it's a mixed bag. Most are good, some are literary classics, and a few are boring stinkers (for example, I hate Day 6, and will generally skip it when I'm re-reading the Decameron for pleasure). Most of the stories are only a few pages long, so if you're reading for pleasure and you get to a story you don't care for, just skip it and go on to the next one.
My favorite way to read The Decameron is one bit at a time, stretched out over weeks when I've just got 5-10 minutes to kill. That way I can savor the stories.