Approaches to Teaching the Song of RolandWilliam W. Kibler, Leslie Zarker Morgan Modern Language Association of America, 2006 - 317 sidor Each book contains a CD featuring performances of the Song of Roland. The Song of Roland is a well-known hallmark of medieval French literature, yet students often read only excerpts and receive general introductions to the poem and its context. The challenges of teaching Roland include its age and subject matter, its form and composition in Old French, and its representation of Christians and Muslims. This volume in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature aims to help nonspecialist instructors teach Roland more comprehensively and to offer seasoned medievalists ways to invigorate their pedagogical tactics. Part 1, "Materials," surveys available editions, a wide range of secondary studies devoted to the poem, and electronic aids to teaching. Essays in part 2, "Approaches," elaborate on the poem's contexts, avatars, language techniques, and characters and episodes; describe the diverse classroom strategies that experienced instructors have implemented; and review the voluminous critical canon about the poem. The musical quality of the Song of Roland is vital for students to grasp. A compact disc accompanying the volume showcases reconstructions of sung performances of the Song of Roland in Old French. The examples offered here illuminate the rich quality of Roland's archaic language and demonstrate a few efforts to recover its lost music. Paired with performances of Roland are melodies used as models for singing the poem. |
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... Bishop Tor- pino [ Turpin ] , and each one served the king in turn for one month with his war band . It happened that the king and his army lay siege to Sar- agossa [ “ Cesaragusta " ] . After a while his men advised him to accept many ...
... Bishop Tor- pino [ Turpin ] , and each one served the king in turn for one month with his war band . It happened that the king and his army lay siege to Sar- agossa [ “ Cesaragusta " ] . After a while his men advised him to accept many ...
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... Bishop Turpín's head : “ raçonó se con eylla como si fuese bivo ” ( “ he spoke to it2 as if he were alive ” ; 3 line 1 ) . Similarly with Oliveros the poet writes : “ El buen emperador mandó la cabeza alçare , / que l'alimpiasen la cara ...
... Bishop Turpín's head : “ raçonó se con eylla como si fuese bivo ” ( “ he spoke to it2 as if he were alive ” ; 3 line 1 ) . Similarly with Oliveros the poet writes : “ El buen emperador mandó la cabeza alçare , / que l'alimpiasen la cara ...
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... Bishop Turpin leads Carlos to lament his own fate : " quién aconseyerá este viejo mesquino / que finca en grant cuita ” ( “ who will help this miserable old man / who is left in great dis- tress " ; lines 5-6 ; similarly 42 , 53 ) ...
... Bishop Turpin leads Carlos to lament his own fate : " quién aconseyerá este viejo mesquino / que finca en grant cuita ” ( “ who will help this miserable old man / who is left in great dis- tress " ; lines 5-6 ; similarly 42 , 53 ) ...
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Editions and Translations | 9 |
Audiovisual and Electronic Resources | 20 |
Later Traditions Deriving from | 27 |
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