Professor Chaucer's Office Hours, Tuesday

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Professor Chaucer is in his office, writing with a quill and ink in a journal. Feel free to interrupt him. Or to use his office to get to CJ's, which is right next door and has its own entrance, but you probably just didn't realize that, did you?


[Kiki? You can use this for your Independent Study discussion if you like.]

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Re: Independent Study

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

"Then I'll go see who else is holding office hours right now. I'll be back in about half an hour, but if you're finished before then you're welcome to leave it on my desk."

Geoff gathers up his journal and sticks the pen inside. "Oh, I almost forgot to mention -- next week's assignment is also there with the lecture notes. If you have any questions about it, I'll answer them when I return or you can catch me during poetry class this afternoon."

Giving Kiki a reassuring grin, he heads out the door.

Re: Independent Study

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

"Thank you, Professor!" Kiki grins. "Sorry about temporarily kicking you out of your office - It won't be a distraction if you stay, though."

Kiki opens her book to the introduction of Peace and begins rereading. She jots a couple notes, and then begins writing.

"Just at the point when Lysistrata has the man capitulating to her demands for a peaceful resolution of the war, she calls forth the girl named Reconciliation, or Peace, and has her stand before the men unclothed. Thus, the men, desiring her, are in effect desiring a true end to the war. However, it's an odd choice for Lysistrata to make: the men are so intent on the beauty of the girl that first, they miss the true message of the beauty of peace, and second, they hardly pay attention to a word Lysistrata says, leaving it in doubt as to whether they really undestand or will take her counsel. On the other hand, this may be another plot of Lysistrata's, to keep them so focused on the visual temptation that they agree to whatever she says without giving it any heed. While ultimately, Peace is a thing deeply desired by the men and offered up by the women, there are some disturbing undertones to how she is treated. As a representative not only of peace and reconciliation, she represents the peace treaty itself between the warring states, and the men figuratively carve her up in dividing the territories in the agreement. It's a sorry beginning for Peace that she is so brutally treated by the men who desire her."

Kiki counts the words. "...220. Well, I hope he doesn't mind that I'm so wordy," she mumbles to herself.

Re: Independent Study

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

After about thirty minutes during which he wandered the halls of the school as his mun didn't bother to actually send him anywhere, Geoff pokes his head into his office and grins at Kiki.

"All finished? Do you have any questions about the material, or anything you wanted to discuss?"

Re: Independent Study

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

"All set!" Kiki announces, writing her name on the top of the page.

"And no questions - at least, nothing I can think of off-hand," she adds. "Probably because my mun keeps saying this stupid thing about needing sleep or going to bed or something.

Re: Independent Study

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

"Well, you know where to find me if any come up," Geoff says, adding Kiki's essay to the stack of papers he's been not grading.

"I'm guessing you have other things to do with your day, at least what's left of it until poetry class. So off with you, then! And I'll see you later this afternoon."

Re: Independent Study

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

"Will do! Thanks again, Professor," Kiki says, "I'll see you later today."