The UBC Medieval Studies Program is happy to present:
A talk by
LESLIE ZARKER MORGAN (Loyola University)
“The ‘Roman d’Alexandre’ and ‘Huon d’Auvergne’: A Fourteenth-Century Franco-Italian Epic and the Alexander Model”
Dr. Leslie Zarker Morgan is a well-known medievalist with a special interest in Franco-Italian relations in the Medieval and Renaissance epic. Her lecture will be about her current research project, the goal of which is the production of an on-line edition and translation of the last unpublished Franco-Italian work.
She has previously published La Geste Francor: Chansons de geste of Ms. Marc. Fr. XIII (256), edition with glossary, introduction and notes. 2 vol. Arizona: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 2009. Dr. Zarker Morgan is Professor of Italian and French at Loyola University, in Baltimore, Maryland.
THURSDAY, MARCH 6th, 12:30
Buchanan Building
Room B-213
Everyone is welcome!
Info: chantal.phan@ubc.ca