La chanson de Roland

Le texte médiéval français le plus connu, le plus répandu, La chanson de Roland est l’épopée médiévale par excellence. On…

The Erotics of Excess : fabliaux and the power of/in language

Most of us spend a lot of time trying not to offend people when circumstances call for it. We don’t express continually through excess, though we might use that language with friends.

Marie de France

Who was Marie de France?

We only know her through the general prologue…

Yvain, ou le chevalier au lion

Yvain is full of goofy stuff right out of Monty Python: a nameless knight, a magical fountain, gnomes and…

Thinking with the Medieval, Using the Modern: French 4410/7410 at Mizzou

Aucassin & Nicolette,

or how to tell when you finally "belong" somewhere

Geographies of Difference in the Middle Ages

As we've seen, the Middle Ages are full of questions about how to define the self. In our recent discussions of Aucassin et Nicolette, we questioned the construction of hybridity — specifically, generic hybridity, but also in terms of class, race, and…

Mod/ieval Lit: Final Projects

We worked all semester long to think both medieval and modern, often using Medium to explore the intricacies of how old literature can resonate with our modern concerns. A few of the posts are listed below.