Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “François Villon: Poet, Cat-Burglar, Murderer, and Augustinian Social Theorist”
John Fleming, English and Comparative Literature
Wed, 10/9 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell
Program in Medieval Studies
The Program in Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium series for Fall 2024. John Fleming, Louis W. Fairchild ’24 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, will give this first lunch time talk.
This paper outlines some main contours of work in progress on two cognate subjects: the structure of Villon’s most important work, the so-called Grand Testament (1461), including its debt to Jean de Meun’s Roman de la Rose and the theory of justice outlined in Augustine’s City of God; and the context of Villon’s rediscovery as a major poet by French poets and English critics in the nineteenth century.
Please RSVP HERE. Lunch will be provided.
Upcoming Faculty Colloquia
- Thursday, November 21 at 12:00pm: Jennifer Rampling (History)
- Wednesday, February 26 at 12:00pm: Jamie Reuland (Music)
- Wednesday, March 5 at 12:00pm: Catherine Fernandez (Art & Archaeology)
- Wednesday, April 16 at 12:00 pm: Sarah Anderson (English)
