The Ithaca College Medieval-Renaissance Colloquium announces a presentation by Michael Twomey (English) and Scott Stull (Anthropology) titled "Chaucer's Houses in the Tales of the Miller and the Reeve: The Architecture of Satire" on Tuesday, October 7, from 5:00 to 6:30 in the Cayuga Lake Room of the Campus Center.
In this interdisciplinary investigation into two of Geoffrey Chaucer's most famous Canterbury Tales, Twomey and Stull demonstrate the powerfully satirical role played by the houses in which the action of the two tales is staged. The presentation will examine photos of extant medieval English houses that contain architectural features figuring in the tales, making the case for Chaucer's deliberate and realistic use of the houses as silent witnesses to the social class and the social pretensions of the characters satirized in the tales. All are welcome.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Michael Twomey at twomey@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3564. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20141002104841151