THE PRESENTATIONS
- You will first be presenting your project to the whole class in the last week of
term. This can be in the style of an introduction to work in progress, or a summary of findings or highlights. - Length: Five minutes
- Form: Open–and you may use whatever props and technological aids you wish (PowerPoint, OP, etc.)–but you must stay within the strict time limit.
- Format: Two workshop-/conference-style “sessions” on
- Wednesday 1 December
- Friday 3 December.
- Each session will consist of approximately five 5-minute presentations followed by discussion, with questions from your fellow students (my rôle is to ask friendly leading questions if need be, but mainly to chair discussion).
- Your audience will also be voting on presentations (nominating their top three), and this vote will contribute to your project mark. As will O’Brien’s grade for the presentation.
THE PROJECTS
- The projects themselves can be in various forms, including but not limited to The Commentary, The Critical Essay, parody, pastiche, continuation, prequel, and comparative study of connected later versions (ex. Monty Python and the Holy Grail c/o Malory c/o Chrétien de Troyes)
- They should be around 2,000-3,000 words long, not more than 20 min for audio/visual
- Topics: open, but must include:
1. an aspect of MEDIEVAL TO EARLY MODERN MISCHIEF
AND
2. use/abuse of one of the SUPPLEMENTARY READING texts
OR (subject to approval)
2a. another “reading”: this could include non-written cultural artefacts, such as images FROM ONE OF THE ROMANCE-LANGUAGE CULTURES
You may also use/abuse the course set readings (Tristan, The Book of Good Love, Decameron, Fourth Book), in conjunction with one of the supplementary readings: but this should be in comparison, with the set reading playing second fiddle to the supplementary reading as principal.
PLANNING & PRACTICALITIES
- There will be extra office hours for discussing project planning: week 11 (15-19 November): sign up here
- Presentation schedule
- Date for final submission of projects: 12 DECEMBER (by midnight, electronic submission)
- You should also complete and submit the Formal & Official Project Cover Sheet
- See also: Resources critical. It happens to be around 3,000 words long, giving you some idea of what that looks like.
Exemplary medieval group projectilism
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