Approaches to Teaching the Song of Roland (Approaches to Teaching World Literature)

Kibler, William W.; Morgan, Leslie Zarker

ISBN 10: 0873529995 / ISBN 13: 9780873529990

Published by Modern Language Association of America (edition ), 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Approaches to Teaching the Song of Roland (Approaches to Teaching World Literature)
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America (edition )
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873529995
• ISBN 13: 9780873529990
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

To assist nonspecialist instructors in teaching this hallmark of medieval French literature, this volume surveys available editions, a range of secondary studies, and electronic aids to teaching. It also features essays about the poem's contexts, avatars, language techniques, and characters, as well as about classroom strategies that experienced instructors have used. Some of the essays review the critical canon about the poem. The accompanying CD contains reconstructions of sung performances of the Song of Roland in Old French. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

William W. Kibler was the Linward Shivers-Oil Centennial Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas, Austin. He has worked extensively on Chrétien de Troyes, Guillaume de Merchaut, and the French chansons de geste. He recently completed an edition of he Lyon manuscript of the Song of Roland and has published editions of Lion de Bourges (with Jean-Louis Picherit and Thelma Fenster) and Huone de Bordeaux (with François Suard), as well as a translation of Raoul de Cambrai. He is the author of An Introduction to Old French. Leslie Zarker Morgan is associate professor of modern languages and literatures at Loyola College. She has published an English translation of Ariosto's Cinque canti; edited The Foreign Language Classroom: Bridging Theory and Practice, with M. A. Haggstrom and J. A. Wieczorek; edited Dante: Summa Medioevalis, with Charles Franco; written articles on Franco-Italian texts; and edited the Geste Francor, which is forthcoming.