Robinson Crusoe
I first encountered “Robinson Crusoe” in one of my least favourite elementary schools. My teacher read us a rewritten version of Daniel Defoe’s famous work. Back then, I didn’t pay much attention to it because, well, I found it boring. … Continue reading →
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The Tempest
Coming back to Shakespeare feels rather natural, having done one of his plays every year of high school, and preformed a few of them throughout elementary. Though I’m more used to his tragedies than comedies, so this was a bit … Continue reading →
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The Tempest
The Tempest. The Tempest is the first Shakespearean work I ever had to read. It was also the day I learnt that Shakespeare, the guy I had formerly knew as the guy with the skull, says “to be or not to be, that is the question” and had written a love story called Romeo […]
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William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Audio of lecture by Rob Crawford for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
John Banville, Doctor Copernicus
Powerpoint of lecture by Brian McIlroy for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme
Podcast: Beowulf
Discussion by Kevin McNeilly
Ibn Jubayr and Ibn Battutah, Travels
Powerpoint of lecture by Arlene Sindelar for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme
Christopher Columbus, The Four Voyages
Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
Marco Polo, Travels, and The Book of John Mandeville
Powerpoint of lecture by Arlene Sindelar for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme
The Book of Margery Kempe
Powerpoint of lecture by Arlene Sindelar for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme