tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post6235150575939847441..comments2024-03-28T11:03:41.050-05:00Comments on Unlocked Wordhoard: The Decameron and TraumaDr. Richard Scott Nokeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-38547762185207120922010-10-25T22:32:04.569-05:002010-10-25T22:32:04.569-05:00You totally did this to us in our Fall '07 &qu...You totally did this to us in our Fall '07 "Love, Sex, and Marriage in Medieval Lit" class. You killed my mother. I have not forgotten the trauma.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140835320864680932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-38295104060340218072010-09-15T01:06:21.055-05:002010-09-15T01:06:21.055-05:00You're a clever guy, Prof. Nokes. I too will s...You're a clever guy, Prof. Nokes. I too will steal this exercise one day. Brilliant job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-57759992941860646572007-04-05T12:43:00.000-05:002007-04-05T12:43:00.000-05:00I am not an educator as many here are (though I am...I am not an educator as many here are (though I am an instructor), but this exercise seems fabulous to me. What a great way of making that connection.<BR/><BR/>As a writer, I find it easy to empathize with historical figures, but that's not easy for many -- especially given our media-driven lives which make phrases such as "hundreds dead or injured" casual background noise. This exercise is flesh and blood, rather than abstraction.<BR/><BR/>I would have loved to have taken this class!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178398779635445433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-49237800234136961892007-04-03T08:08:00.000-05:002007-04-03T08:08:00.000-05:00The truth is, I don't know all that much about Dec...The truth is, I don't know all that much about Decameron translations. The ones I read are Musa & Bondanella's and G.H. William's (because the latter is in the Norton Anthology).Dr. Richard Scott Nokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348275071082514870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-47595446593751353282007-04-02T23:30:00.000-05:002007-04-02T23:30:00.000-05:00Excellent. I'll use your thought experiment if I m...Excellent. I'll use your thought experiment if I myself can handle it without breaking down.<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-72129597788198158672007-04-02T19:39:00.000-05:002007-04-02T19:39:00.000-05:00Are there better and worse translations? Do you ha...Are there better and worse translations? Do you have a favorite?Conservative in Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484846948733600986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-5804944478923277352007-03-31T22:43:00.000-05:002007-03-31T22:43:00.000-05:00I'll be stealing/appropriating these as needed.I'll be stealing/appropriating these as needed.Heohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790601758953554870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-53946419760953758242007-03-31T16:14:00.000-05:002007-03-31T16:14:00.000-05:00Great exercises. It makes me somewhat sad that the...Great exercises. It makes me somewhat sad that they're needed to impress upon my fellow students how devstating the plauge was in Europe. <BR/><BR/><I>The Decameron</I> is one of those I picked up on my own to read after hearing some many references to it while studying Chaucer.History Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253687974407447459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-41919022259214585622007-03-31T12:06:00.000-05:002007-03-31T12:06:00.000-05:00I'm very impressed by both exercises.I'm very impressed by both exercises.Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713642.post-87078549634363951682007-03-31T11:27:00.000-05:002007-03-31T11:27:00.000-05:00That's a great exercise! I do something a little b...That's a great exercise! I do something a little bit similar in my medieval history classes, to illustrate estimated demongraphics and infant mortality rates. I draw some headstones and a sign saying "cimiterium" on the blackboard. Then I get 20 students to volunteer, giving each an index card. That card will either give a thumbnail sketch of a person who "lived" -- roughly distributed by the appropriate demographics, so most are under 30 -- or be a "death card." After the cards are distributed, I send all the death cards -- 8 of the whole, or 40% -- to the cemetery, explaining that these are the individuals who died in childhood. Moving bodies around in this way makes it real for them, though your exercise of making them think about friends and family is even more visceral.squadratomagicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977502780584567298noreply@blogger.com