WHO’S WHO IN THIS WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD This is a running list (alphabetical by author, approximately) of works, people, and places referred to in passing in class. And some more who may be tangential. Links go to Wikipedia. It’s…

If in doubt, if you have any questions or worries about anything, please ask! this course, your class, and your instructor are a safe space and here to help if I don’t know an answer—I’m merely human—I’ll help you to…

This course is on literature, reading, books about reading, and cultures of reading. It is also a course about arts (and creativity) and liberty. Assignments should reflect these preoccupations. FROM WEEK 3 ONWARDS, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK: Regular short…

1. The Roman de la Rose Digital Library (Johns Hopkins U & Bibliothèque Nationale de France). We will be referring to this site in class throughout the Rose part of this course. introduction / overview of the Rose narrative sections…

PRESENTATIONS, ROUND-TABLE, & DISCUSSION In the last two weeks of class, we’ll return to the questions set up at the very beginning of the class. We will have illustrious distinguished UBC colleagues as our guests in class to talk, to…

ROUND-TABLES & DISCUSSION In the last two weeks of class, we’ll return to the questions set up at the very beginning of the class. We will have illustrious distinguished UBC colleagues as our guests in class to talk, to answer…

AFTER reading: Old Woman, authorial retraction, other knowledge outside the liberal arts (medicine, theology, law) and academe, applied knowledge in practice / everyday life in the actual material temporal world  (Roman de la Rose 193-227, 234-36) the 14th century and…

HARMONY / MUSIC reading: Fair Welcome, perfect gardens, soundscapes, dance and mapping, lyricism (Roman de la Rose 3-26, 43-45, 50-61, 320-335) TUESDAY 1 Discussion of blog questions and comments on week 9 —Soundtrack: Thomas Tallis, Spem in alium (40-part motet,…

ASTRONOMY reading: Nature (Roman de la Rose 246-299) TUESDAY 1 Field-trip to the Day of the Dead offerta, Buchanan Tower lobby. Some more about the Day of the Dead in Vancouver and the William French HIST 357 class: http://las.arts.ubc.ca/2012/day-of-the-dead-celebrations-in-vancouver/ http://las.arts.ubc.ca/2013/day-of-the-dead-celebration-2/…

GEOMETRY reading: psychometry / psychogeography / psychomachia, the multiplicity of impediments (ex. Wealth), Pygmalion, structure, (compositional) shape (Roman de la Rose 4-9, 44-45, 53-59, 154-158, 229-233, 236-245, 319-326) music in class this week: Hildegard of Bingen, The Origin of Fire –…