Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Reading Diary A: Margaret's Hamptameron

This week I will be reading The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. She sounds so fancy.

The Boatman and the Monks: So the story is generally pretty easy to read. There are a lot of locations introduced, which I imagine will be carried out through the rest of the unit. hehe...the word "booby" is in here. I'm ten years old apparently. I like the dialogue in the story; generally it speeds up the pace.

A Villager, His Wife and the Priest: I think the commentary at the end of this story helped contextualize what was going on. It is really interesting to see the class difference and how that played a role in shaping the stories focus.

The Monks and the Butcher: The towns Niort and Fors continue to come up throughout these stories. This is actually kind of a scary story there are a lot of bad things that happen and people play minf games with each other.

The Friar that was Captured

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