Welcome!
Topic outline
Sample One
Satire with Dr. Natasha Duquette
1. Course Introduction & Syllabus Review
2. Irony's Edge: Satire in the 18th Century
3. Additional Resources
Please complete the following exercise before moving on to the next section
Please download the following slides for the next class' live lecture
4. Discussion Forum (not live/active but will give you a sense of forums)
In part 1 of the lecture we learn about Alexander Pope buying a puppy for the Prince of Wales and we heard a section of Cecilia read. This discussion forum asks two questions:.
1) Pope puts a very specific inscription on the collar (return to the end of part 1 to re-listen if you like). Why is the inscription funny?
2) Is the quote from Cecilia playful Horatian satire or the more serious Juvenalian satire of moral indignation?
Please explain both of your answers
Sample Two
The Gospel of Matthew with Dr. Benjamin Reynolds
1. Live Lecture
This is an old live class but is no longer active; but this is what an active class link will look like
2. Defining the term "Gospel"
3. Resources
Download these slides before the next live lecture
Listen to this podcast before the next live lecture (6.00 in length)
4. The Psalms in Matthew's Passion (3 short videos)
5. Discussion Forum
Post your initial responses and responses to others here.
a. First, introduce yourself to the class. What year are you? What is your major? What are your favourite quarantine foods and/or activities? Have you taken up any new hobbies?
b. In light of the discussion about the genre of “gospel” and the Matthew introductory material we have discussed and read about, how would you argue that the opening of Matthew (‘The book of the genealogy/generations of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham…’) and the opening sections set the stage for Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus?