Tag: literature

  • Film Fridays-Cyrano

    Film Fridays-Cyrano

    This one is a slight stretch but I’m including a post about it because it’s my blog and I can do what I want. I LOVE musicals. I had no idea 2021’s Cyrano was a musical until I checked out a copy from my library. It’s not a story I had been familiar with prior…

  • Transcribe, Translate, or Adapt?: The Power of a Word

    Transcribe, Translate, or Adapt?: The Power of a Word

    An examination of Beowulf’s opening Old English word “hwaet” and the impact of transcribing vs translating vs adapting.

  • Finding the Medieval

    When I returned to higher education in my late 20’s, I was not anticipating a pivot into the world of medieval studies. It was my hope, after completing a two year degree in Library and Info Tech, that I would go to University only as a means to complete a BA, focusing instead on the…