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Blandin De Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance: A New Critical Edition And Translation, Wendy Pfeffer, Margaret Burrell Sep 2022

Blandin De Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance: A New Critical Edition And Translation, Wendy Pfeffer, Margaret Burrell

TEAMS Varia

This volume presents the first widely available edition in English of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, accompanied by a translation and introduction to the work. Composed in the second half of the fourteenth century by an anonymous author, the story offers an early recording of the Sleeping Beauty folktale, incorporated into the adventures of two knights. Many elements in this romance from the south of France are comic, suggesting that Blandin is not simply a tale of knights in battle, but also a parody of medieval romance in general.


The Storytelling Cure: Medicine And Narrative From Galen To Shahrazad And Rousseau, Ryan A. Milov-Cordoba Sep 2022

The Storytelling Cure: Medicine And Narrative From Galen To Shahrazad And Rousseau, Ryan A. Milov-Cordoba

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Are stories healing? This dissertation introduces and explores an idea that I call “the storytelling cure.” With this term I capture a set of related notions about the healing power of stories that span literary studies, intellectual history, philosophy, and medical practice. Through a comparative study I make the case for “the storytelling cure” as a cross-cultural, multiconfessional, and multilingual phenomenon of great age, complexity, and power, worthy of the most sustained attention by the contemporary field of Comparative Literature. Concretely, this dissertation presents three extended case studies of “storytelling cures” from three different kinds of texts (case history, frame …


The Intersection Of Prose And Poetics In Apollonius’ Argonautica, Stephen B. Ogumah Sep 2022

The Intersection Of Prose And Poetics In Apollonius’ Argonautica, Stephen B. Ogumah

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Detecting allusions in the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes is not quite new except for the fact that it has been carried out for long mostly within the poetic tradition. Looking at the proem of the epic, where there is mixing of genres, this mixture suggests that scholars may need to look beyond the Homeric epics and the poetic tradition for better appreciation of the Alexandrian epic. This dissertation explores the relationship between certain features and episodes of Apollonius’ Argonautica and the prose tradition, and seeks to show that the prose tradition, particularly Herodotus’ Histories, is germane to the …


Eating People Is Might: Power And The Representation Of Anthropophagy In Antiquity, Christopher Weimer Sep 2022

Eating People Is Might: Power And The Representation Of Anthropophagy In Antiquity, Christopher Weimer

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

For several decades, scholars have read cannibalism in ancient texts as an ethnographic and rhetorical strategy to marginalize, minimize, demonize, or otherwise denigrate ‘the Other.’ It is seen as a characteristic of the wild, the savage, the uncivilized, and the bestial, something one attributes only to other people. This project challenges that assertion. In situating the many varied references to eating people in ancient Greek, Near Eastern, and Roman literature within their historical and generic contexts, I provide an alternative reading of the purpose of these accusations and stories. I argue that consumption of another is a statement of power, …


May The Word 'Shout' Be No More! Silence And The Hellenistic Voice, Noah Davies-Mason Sep 2022

May The Word 'Shout' Be No More! Silence And The Hellenistic Voice, Noah Davies-Mason

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Assembling Enslaved Lives: Labor, Consumption, And Landscapes In The Northern Shenandoah Valley, Matthew Clark Greer Aug 2022

Assembling Enslaved Lives: Labor, Consumption, And Landscapes In The Northern Shenandoah Valley, Matthew Clark Greer

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This dissertation is a study of the lives of some of the people enslaved on rural plantations and farmsteads in the northern Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Scholars did not widely acknowledge the presence of slavery in the Valley before the 1990s, and this is the first work to provide an in-depth view of the lives of enslaved Shenandoahans before 1860. Specifically, this project answers two questions: what was life like for enslaved people in the Shenandoah Valley, and how did they shape the region's political economies. Data for this project comes from archaeological excavations at the main enslaved quartering …


Freyre’S Plantation Playground: The Changing Landscape Of The Sugar Plantation Monjope, Catherine Elizabeth Lavoy Aug 2022

Freyre’S Plantation Playground: The Changing Landscape Of The Sugar Plantation Monjope, Catherine Elizabeth Lavoy

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This dissertation investigates the changing landscape of the sugar plantation Monjope in Pernambuco, Brazil from the mid-seventeenth to the end of the twentieth century. I examine this plantation’s changing landscape as part of a number of larger social, economic and environmental forces; in particular the development of racially based labor. Established in the sixteenth century, Monjope was one of the many Brazilian sugar plantations that relied on African slavery for labor until the end of the nineteenth century. I argue the plantation’s built environment in conjunction with the larger plantation landscape was part of a global trend of controlling labor …


Entangled Lives In A Southern Metropolis: An Archaeology Of Legacies At 87 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1734-1771), Sarah Platt Aug 2022

Entangled Lives In A Southern Metropolis: An Archaeology Of Legacies At 87 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1734-1771), Sarah Platt

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This dissertation examines life at 87 Church Street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina prior to the construction of the standing Heyward-Washington House compound in 1772. The primary data for this study consisted of “legacy” collections, or previously excavated collections that for whatever reason the primary investigator is no longer present. Thus, the primary field site for this project was a museum storeroom and the archive. By revisiting these collections, significant narrative gaps emerged in terms of Black and Indigenous presence on site. As much as the research focus dwelled in the eighteenth century, the “fieldwork” drifted into examining the much …


Introducing A Bit Of Active Latin Into Your Current Advanced Latin Classroom: Usus Loquendi Et Audiendi De Terentio Catulloque, Ronnie Ancona Aug 2022

Introducing A Bit Of Active Latin Into Your Current Advanced Latin Classroom: Usus Loquendi Et Audiendi De Terentio Catulloque, Ronnie Ancona

New England Classical Journal

The purpose of this paper is to show how easily and profitably one can introduce a small portion of active Latin into an upper-level Latin classroom through select questioning and response that draws directly from and reinforces grammatical structures and forms, as well as key vocabulary, from the students’ advanced Latin texts under study. Use of active Latin supports SLA (Second Language Acquistion) research about the value of spending time “in the language” in the classroom. The current Standards for Classical Language Learning recognizes this value as well.


Latin Vocabulary Knowledge And The Readability Of Latin Texts: A Preliminary Study, John Gruber-Miller, Bret Mulligan Aug 2022

Latin Vocabulary Knowledge And The Readability Of Latin Texts: A Preliminary Study, John Gruber-Miller, Bret Mulligan

New England Classical Journal

Studies have found a strong correlation between vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading comprehension. This preliminary study of the readability of Latin texts considers how common measures of lexical complexity (word length, word frequency, lexical sophistication, lexical density, and lexical variation) can inform instructors about what texts have the least (and most) lexical complexity. By defining several key measurements of Latin lexical complexity, we establish a provisional account of the lexical difficulty of some familiar Latin texts that are frequently taught in elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, and propose LexR, a single, informative, integrated score that provides a sense of …


The Utility And Representational Opportunity Of Latin Novellas, Teresa Ramsby Aug 2022

The Utility And Representational Opportunity Of Latin Novellas, Teresa Ramsby

New England Classical Journal

This paper argues for the use of the Latin novella in Latin, educational contexts, particularly within the K-12 classroom. The design of Latin novellas corresponds to features associated with Comprehensible Input: offering a limited and repeated vocabulary, and providing compelling narratives. The many Latin novellas now published broaden the opportunity for narrative selection by Latin students, giving students a choice in what they read. Moreover, many narratives feature central characters that increase the representation of layers of society typically found in Latin textbooks or in the ancient, classical sources. By way of example, Cloelia, by Ellie Arnold, receives focus …


Brian P. Sowers, In Her Own Words: The Life And Poetry Of Aelia Eudocia. Cambridge, Ma.: Center For Hellenic Studies, 2020. Pp. 224. Paper (Isbn 978-0-674-98737-1) $24.95., Hannelore Segers Aug 2022

Brian P. Sowers, In Her Own Words: The Life And Poetry Of Aelia Eudocia. Cambridge, Ma.: Center For Hellenic Studies, 2020. Pp. 224. Paper (Isbn 978-0-674-98737-1) $24.95., Hannelore Segers

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Suburani Aug 2022

Suburani

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Horace’S Use Of The Myth Of Icarus In The Odes, Benjamin Claessens Aug 2022

Horace’S Use Of The Myth Of Icarus In The Odes, Benjamin Claessens

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


A Perspective On Pandora’S Box, Mia Schenenga Aug 2022

A Perspective On Pandora’S Box, Mia Schenenga

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Schola Viuida, Peter G. Barrios-Lech Aug 2022

Introduction To Schola Viuida, Peter G. Barrios-Lech

New England Classical Journal

An overview of Professor Jacqueline Carlon’s scholarship and career, in the context of a brief historical overview of the “Communicative” or “Active Latin” movement.


“Adams’ Law” And The Placement Of Esse In Pliny The Younger, Thomas Keeline Aug 2022

“Adams’ Law” And The Placement Of Esse In Pliny The Younger, Thomas Keeline

New England Classical Journal

J. N. Adams showed that in Latin of the first century BCE, the verb esse does not necessarily gravitate to “second position” within a phrase; i.e., its placement is not in line with Jacob Wackernagel’s “law of enclitics.” Instead, esse tends to cliticize on—immediately follow—the focus of the phrase. By examining all instances of forms of esse in Plin. Ep. 1 and 10, I show that Adams’ observation still holds true ca. 100 CE. In a pedagogical epilogue, I offer some thoughts on the implications of such subtleties for the teaching and learning of Latin today.


De Sallustio Latine Praelegendo: Causae, Rationes Et Consilia Docendi, Jorge Tárrega Garrido Aug 2022

De Sallustio Latine Praelegendo: Causae, Rationes Et Consilia Docendi, Jorge Tárrega Garrido

New England Classical Journal

Multae sunt viae, multi modi quibus utentes possumus auctores rimari eosque discipulis nostris in scholis monstrare et aperire. Describuntur hac in symbola rationes Sallustii in Vniversitatibus studiorum praelegendi, subsidia didascalica ac exercitia varia, quae omnia sunt usu et tractatione coram discipulis a nobis probata. Praeterea significantur causae cur multum iuvet linguam Latinam per loquelam ipsam Latinam docere, et quae beneficia ex his rationibus capiant discipuli qui sermonis rudimenta iamdudum perdidicerunt atque se auctoribus legendis et excutiendis dederunt. Referuntur postremo et exempla probationum et summa percontationis, ad quam, cursu academico peracto, harum rationum non amplius expertes discipuli responderunt.


Andreas Karkavitsas. 2021. Translated By Johanna Hanink. The Archeologist And Selected Sea Stories. United States: Penguin Random House. Pp 220. Paperback. (Isbn 9780143136248) $17.00., Danielle Freedman Aug 2022

Andreas Karkavitsas. 2021. Translated By Johanna Hanink. The Archeologist And Selected Sea Stories. United States: Penguin Random House. Pp 220. Paperback. (Isbn 9780143136248) $17.00., Danielle Freedman

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Shadi Bartsch, Translator. The Aeneid. New York: Penguin Random House, 2021. Pp. 464. Hardcover (Isbn 9781984854100) $35.00., Neha Rahman Aug 2022

Shadi Bartsch, Translator. The Aeneid. New York: Penguin Random House, 2021. Pp. 464. Hardcover (Isbn 9781984854100) $35.00., Neha Rahman

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Aug 2022

Full Issue

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Luis Alfaro. Rosa Andújar, Ed. The Greek Trilogy Of Luis Alfaro: Electricidad; Oedipus El Rey; Mojada. London: Methuen Drama, 2021. Pp. 296. Paper (Isbn 978-1-3501-5540-4) $34.95., Linda Mcnulty Perez Aug 2022

Luis Alfaro. Rosa Andújar, Ed. The Greek Trilogy Of Luis Alfaro: Electricidad; Oedipus El Rey; Mojada. London: Methuen Drama, 2021. Pp. 296. Paper (Isbn 978-1-3501-5540-4) $34.95., Linda Mcnulty Perez

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


National Latin Exam Aug 2022

National Latin Exam

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Aug 2022

Table Of Contents

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Putting On A Fronto: Persona And Patterns Of Language In Fronto’S Correspondence, Peter G. Barrios-Lech Aug 2022

Putting On A Fronto: Persona And Patterns Of Language In Fronto’S Correspondence, Peter G. Barrios-Lech

New England Classical Journal

The subject of this chapter is the language of letters exchanged between Fronto and correspondents, specifically those linguistic means by which Fronto and his epistolary correspondents construct a persona and maintain and negotiate relationships. Analysis of the frequency of (Latin to Greek) code-switches, the diversity, or range of unique, address-terms, letter openings and closings used, and the type and frequency of requests show how Fronto’s relationship with Marcus Aurelius changes over time; and offer us one way to measure differences in Fronto’s epistolary relationship with the other correspondents.


On Teaching Sallust In Latin: The Why And The How, Jorge Tárrega Garrido Aug 2022

On Teaching Sallust In Latin: The Why And The How, Jorge Tárrega Garrido

New England Classical Journal

There exist many pedagogical methods we can use to examine, expound and explain ancient authors to our students. In this paper I propose an alternative approach to teach Sallust in an undergraduate setting, with explanatory aids, exercises, tests and quizzes. The latter result not from quick consideration, but from daily use and application in my own classes. In addition, I give reasons why it is helpful to teach Latin in Latin and what advantages it has for students who have learned well the grammar and have moved on to reading and analysis of the ancient texts. Students who had had …


Masthead Aug 2022

Masthead

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


Kim Bowes, Ed. The Roman Peasant Project 2009–2014: Excavating The Roman Rural Poor. Philadelphia: University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology And Anthropology, 2021. Pp. 824. Hardcover (Isbn 9781949057072) $120.00., Mauro Puddu Aug 2022

Kim Bowes, Ed. The Roman Peasant Project 2009–2014: Excavating The Roman Rural Poor. Philadelphia: University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology And Anthropology, 2021. Pp. 824. Hardcover (Isbn 9781949057072) $120.00., Mauro Puddu

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Fallacy And Verification Of Criticism On Contemporary Chinese Confessional Poetry, Lei Wei Aug 2022

The Fallacy And Verification Of Criticism On Contemporary Chinese Confessional Poetry, Lei Wei

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Contemporary Chinese confessional poetry has engaged much academic attention despite its short existence between the 1980s and the 1990s. The confessional poetry has been related with female poetry by scholars since the beginning, and they have been criticized for lacking Chinese cultural characteristics, skills or aesthetic values etc.. However, contemporary Chinese confessional poetry is not exclusively the product of female poets, as there are quite a few male poets who created some fine confessional poems. Chinese confessional poetry of new period turned out to be embodied with a literary form of strong nationalistic features and contain rich elements of traditional …


Creolization And Romanity: The Continuities And Changes Of Roman Egypt., Travis M. Kaelin Aug 2022

Creolization And Romanity: The Continuities And Changes Of Roman Egypt., Travis M. Kaelin

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses

Past scholarship has analyzed Roman Egypt through the process of Romanization, but my research evaluates the province through creolization instead. The process of creolization is complex but affords indigenous populations more agency than terms like romanization. The thesis addresses the Egyptian and Greek continuities in language, religion, and way of life to display the extent of creolization. Analysis of Roman Egypt through the post-colonial lens better represents the changes that took place and the intent of the Roman principate. Much of the research derives from papyrological and archaeological sources to create a more nuanced understanding of what Roman Egypt looked …