Approaches to Teaching the "Romance of the Rose (Approaches to Teaching World Literature) - Hardcover

Daisy Delogu (editor) & Anne-Hélène Miller (editor)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1603295674 ISBN 13: 9781603295673

Publisher: Modern Language Association, 2023

Synopsis

Essays on teaching love, ethics, and medieval allegory.

One of the most influential texts of its time, the Romance of the Rose offers readers a window into the world view of the late Middle Ages in Europe, including notions of moral philosophy and courtly love. Yet the Rose also explores topics that remain relevant to readers today, such as gender, desire, and the power of speech. Students, however, can find the work challenging because of its dual authorship by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, its structure as an allegorical dream vision, and its encyclopedic length and scope.

The essays in this volume offer strategies for teaching the poem with confidence and enjoyment. Part 1, "Materials," suggests helpful background resources. Part 2, "Approaches," presents contexts, critical approaches, and strategies for teaching the work and its classical and medieval sources, illustrations, and adaptations as well as the intellectual debates that surrounded it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Modern Language Association
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603295674
• ISBN 13: 9781603295673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 308