In Honor of Russell Peck I: A Fine Romance, or, How Do You Teach Fin'amor and "Courtly Love"?

Sponsoring Organization(s)

TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies)

Organizer Name

Gale Sigal

Organizer Affiliation

Wake Forest Univ.

Presider Name

Gale Sigal

Paper Title 1

Re-Engineering Fin'amors: Courtly Love and the Techie Student

Presenter 1 Name

Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Stevens Institute of Technology

Paper Title 2

Teaching Fin'amors and Romance in French Courses

Presenter 2 Name

Laine Doggett

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. Mary's College of Maryland

Paper Title 3

Courtly and Not-So-Courtly Love: De Amore

Presenter 3 Name

Julie Human

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Kentucky

Start Date

11-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1010

Description

"A Fine Romance or, How Do You Teach fin’amor and 'Courtly Love'” ? is a TEAMS session in honor of Russell Peck. The papers for this panel incorporate innovative teaching techniques focused on teaching introductory courses in Medieval Studies to students in French courses, courses using English translations, and courses for engineering students. The aim of each paper is to help teachers tackle the challenge of presenting medieval romance, and the motif of courtly love, to students unfamiliar with this material. Gale Sigal