tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post3872554285568279369..comments2023-10-19T07:54:32.841-04:00Comments on Quod She: The (lost) art of textual editingDr. Viragohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-14698181533894481182007-09-22T15:49:00.000-04:002007-09-22T15:49:00.000-04:00Hee! Somehow I knew you'd be the first to comment,...Hee! Somehow I knew you'd be the first to comment, Flavia! How funny!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think I may devise something for Chaucer next semester, since I have a CD-Rom of the Hengwrt MS, so I'll keep you and the blog world posted if I do. The drawback, I should warn you, is that when I do stuff like this students weirdly think it's not actual "literary" study, so I need to find ways to teach them that "literary" study is multiple in approaches, and that different kinds of texts demand different kinds of understanding. With older periods sometimes the first question must be "what *is* the text" not "what does it mean." And then the "what does it mean" questions might have to start on the literal level first.<BR/><BR/>And next year for the graduate research class I may use our rare books and manuscript collection and have students work in groups to produce an edition of something. I've got to plan that out carefully with the librarian, though, and make sure that we have enough "do-able" texts.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-20305717159570487752007-09-22T14:59:00.000-04:002007-09-22T14:59:00.000-04:00I agree with you about this 100%--there's a differ...I agree with you about this 100%--there's a different (and I think a more true) intimacy to working with texts in this way. I imagine it's similar to what's intended in art classes where students are assigned to go to a museum and make as exact a copy of a masterpiece as possible; you're trying to get inside the head of the orginal artist or writer.<BR/><BR/>Even just transcribing a couple of MSS this summer in preparation for eventual textual editing had somewhat the same effect on me. You really *learn* those sentences and their rhythms when you do that! <BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear more about any eventual assignments or teaching strategies that result from this. . .Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.com