This is where we will put interesting or useful or interestingly useful or usefully interesting links and tidbits and tip sheets and do-dads relevant to the course. If you come across anything you think the class would like to see, leave a comment and I will have a look and add it to this page.
TIP SHEETS:
Dr. Dickson’s Accumulated Tip Sheets and How-to Downloadables
IN-CLASS MATERIALS
FQ 1 cantos 7 to 12 discussion topics
NEW PPT: Vision and Moral Action in a Fallen World FQ 1.1-6
RELEVANT REFERENCE MATERIALS
Aristotle’s Virtues (excess/mean/deficiency)
Early Applications of Renaissance Perspective Science
Mark Morton’s Summary of The Faerie Queene
ILLUSTRATIONS
Video of Walter Crane’s Illustrations of The Faerie Queene: This one comes with plangent music which may or may not enhance your experience, I suppose. But the images are worth looking at.
Elizabeth I’s “Rainbow Portrait”: Non sine sole iris (No Rainbow Without the Sun)
“No Rainbow Without the Sun”: Spectacular Invisibility in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: This is the article I mentioned in which I describe the principles of “moral optics,” “penetrative spectacle” and discuss The Rainbow Portrait linked above.
Concept Map: FQ 1.1-6 and Semiotics
castel of perseverance diagram
SFU Engl310: Faerie Queene Illustrations: Check out the comic of Guyon’s battle with Furor.
Byrhtferth of Ramsey’s diagram of the Four-Fold World: See Fig. 4: “More generally, the diagram, too, can be seen to map the world, but it extends from the level of man (the microcosm) to the level of the cosmos (the macrocosm). The primary emphasis here is not on the layout but on the composition of the world and the invisible network linking all its composite parts to one another. As such, it can symbolise a perfectly ordered universe created by God and governed by him until the end of time.”
VIDEO/AUDIO
Dr. Andrew King: Spenser in Ireland: Andrew King talks about Spenser’s (dis)location in Ireland as illustrated by a walking tour of Cork. Relevant particularly for Book 5 and the Mutabilitie Cantos (Book 7).
Libre Vox Audiobook: The Faerie Queene Book 1, Canto 1: The rest of the books will come up in the “suggested” menus
CBC Radio Ideas: The Lady and the Unicorn: Relevant to our interests, this discussion of medieval tapestries (a series of 6 tapestries focusing on the senses) is a good illustration of reading allegorically.
LEARNING PORTFOLIO EXAMPLES AND DISCUSSIONS
University of Chicago Center for Experiential Learning Learning Portfolio Resources
Use the menu on the left of the page to find information about the rationale for learning portfolios, types of portfolios, and to access sample assignment descriptions and student portfolios.
San Diego State University Reflective Learning Portfolios
This document is intended for graduate students, but it gives a good rationale for the learning portfolio and includes lists of potential materials and ways of contextualizing them with regard to your learning story.
Dublin City University Report on The Learning Portfolio
This lengthy report looks at the underlying philosophy of the Learning Portfolio and assesses the effectiveness of portfolios for enhancing students’ learning. A very interesting document and worth the time if you are interested in how assessments are designed.
North Central College, Illinois Toolbox for Portfolios and Authentic Assessment Models
A really useful toolbox with lots of well-organized information on types of portfolios, contents, assessment rubrics and more. Highly recommended.