Okay. So, I haven't really missed a day in class and I take a lot of notes. I am not sure if these will help anyone, but I figured I would post them in case anyone is a little behind in what has been going on in class.
Feb 27th
Realism: villan in Frye's book Secular Scripture.
Hermeneutic: concerning interpretation especially the Bible; read into it.
Pillage: rob using violence
ARTS and LETTERS--Make homepage (Sexson's favorite)
***Blog about a romance novel***
Little, Big by John Crowley--novel to read about a romance
High Brow (Frye)
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Reality (Daphnis and Chloe)
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Decent (Pirates/rapist)
Love is omnipotent
"Women are born with the innate abilitity to love."
***Read Ashley's blog***
Feb 29th
Paul and Thecla
Thecla was virgin engaged to wrong guy (Themry)
Paul is super ugly
Thecla was in love with a word spoken by Paul
Mother sends for her fiance to stop her from staring out window
Paul preeches chastity
Themry accuses the stranger Paul of brain washing the women of not wanting to get married (He is a sorseror)
Paul gets arrested
Thecla sneaks into prison and kisses his shackles
Her mother says to burn her because she wouldn't leave where he sat
The fire started and did not touch her
Paul spots her and she doesn't recognize him
She goes with Paul to find "Paul"
She gets arrested and thrown into arena to fight beasts (she baptises herself)
She gets protected by a lion, thebn goes into water pit to bathe
She was punished for not recognizing Jeasus (Paul)
She wanted to be worhty to stand in Paul's presence
***Read Jill's blog--romance novels; Read Jenny's blog--didn't get in bible because strong female character; Read--"Gawain and the Green Knight"***
March 2nd
-----Alli Bahbah and the 40 Theives---
Guy sees robbers go into cave
Sees treasure, brother finds out, dies
Robbers hide in oil urns; theives put X on doors, Marjana=female slave/hero/badass
Marjana pours boiling oil in urns to kill theives
Guy tries to steel back his treasure
Marjana belly dances and stabs him to save Ali Bahbah
Ali Bahbah bethrothes her to his son and she becomes part of the family
***Blog about effect it had on you while Walter was telling it*** (I forgot to do this, but I was completely in another world while he was reading. It was amazing!)
March 3rd
The Marriage of Gaiwin
***What is it that a woman most desires in the world?***
Liked clothes
Lusty man
Gawain made book from answers
Love--nurturing
Gawain agrees to marry really ugly chick to save King Arthur---Answer: "They want to have more power than men"
Ugly woman marries Gawain; in bed she is beautiful
***Blog: Who are you? "Women already know how to love"***
March 7th
Engine Summer by John Crowley--book to read about no stories in future; go to boy
***Read Breanna's blog--bottom of the bottom; Spencer's blog; Rio's blog***
Individual: becomes true self; get to the bottom of bottom
Frye, "happy endings only exist if you finish the book"
Frog Prince
King hand 3 daughters
One daughter wnt out in woods in clogs; threw ball up in air and catch it
The ball falls in spring
Frog says marry me and you can have your ball back
***Call to adventure***
***Blog about Kubla Kan***
March 19th
***Read King and the Corpse stories and blog about them***
Laughter is very important factor in romance
Ideas as to what makes a perfect romance: laughter, conflict, relatable characters, lovers overcome obstacles together, story itself
Kubla Kan--Sexual references, Quest, Descents
3 Aspects of Hero: Sepration, initiation, transformation
***Read Charity's blog; Zach's blog; Kenny's blog--Castle Anthrax (Monty Python: Holy Grail)***
Grail: cup Jesus drank
Lance: stabbed Jesus
Satire: making fun of something to learn lesson
Parody: making fun of something as part of a game
The Divine Comedy of Dante page 135 Kind and Corpse--different tiers of hell
"We were alone and without suspision...." Page 135
March 23rd
Perfection--No knowledge
Adventure--World with war
Imagination--invent wholeness
"Romance is a displacement of mythology"
Kubla Kan--Shifts narrator (first hero is warrior then becomes narrator)
***Read Jill's blog--The Adventures of Qamar al-Zaman's 2 Sons and blog about it
Son hates women, women argue over who is most beautiful, they are twins
The Postman Always Rings Twice--Movie to watch
March 26th
The Story of Qamar al-Zama and his 2 Sons
King has baby boy
son is most beautiful and refuses women
daughter of hell is taken by him
she thinks he is most beautiful; they fight
they think other girl from China is most beautiful
the 2 beauties wake up in same bed
they are twins
exchange rings
they shake each other, but can't wake him
he wakes up and beats the guard for taking girl away
both fall into deep depression
her step brother tells boy she is tied up back
step brother goes in search to find lover boy
king spares them both
king wants to go on hunting trip before they leave
loverboy goes to her castle
he sends her a love note with ring in it
a red jewel is stolen when he is gone
she dresses up as lverboy and goes on hunting trip to find him
she meets chick and marries her (lesbian romance!)
she receives gold and olives and wonders where it came from
she finally sees him and he doesn't recognize her
she tells him to sleep with her
***milkshakebutterfly.com---Jill's blog---alter ego---"The story must go on...."***
The desire of women is much stronger than a man's
No coincidence is too probable
March 28th
Walter and James duke it out about romance!!!!
romance--adventure and love
A Clock Work Orange--beautiful language (made-up) JESSICA
you don't have to understand it to enjoy it
Knights of round table and Arabian Knights are building blocks to romance
"The sun is rising, I have to break off and continue the next day" Repetitive Shaharazon
March 30th
"Eternity is a mere moment, but long enough for a joke"
Be aware of own mythical self
Oranda laughed from obsession
"Listen to this..." story continues
Our lives are all romances
"Always tell the truth, but tell it slant" Emily Dickenson
Jennifer tells of dad in hospital and laughed after a week there
You have to be in the worst possible play to experience liberating ecstasy laughter
King and Corpse page 262 Zone of energy
hysteria: womb goes crazy inside your body
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