The AOL Search Results Drinking Game v.1.5

August 16, 2006 by Matt

AOL indiscreetly released the search records of hundreds of thousands of users. Luckily they were archived on sites like http://dontdelete.com/ , where you can click and see at random the search results of individual users. The site promises “HOURS of entertainment” and this has been verified. To spice things up we decided to give birth to The AOL Search Results Drinking Game. Developed by Matt, Margo, Roger and others, here are the rules:

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First on the list: La Chanson de Roland

August 16, 2006 by Matt

La Chanson de Roland

Reading list

August 9, 2006 by Matt

Medieval Period

La Chanson de Roland or Raoul de Cambrai or La Chanson de Guillaume

Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier au lion or Le Chevalier de la charrette

Béroul et Thomas, Tristan et Yseut (useful edition: J.-C. Payen, “Classiques Garnier,” 1974) Guillaume de Lorris, Le Roman de la rose

Four poems each by Conon de Béthune, Gace Brulé, le Châtelain de Couci, and Thibaut de Champagne; two pastourelles and two aubes, 5 ballades and 10 rondeaux by Charles d’Orléans

Villon, Le Testament

Le Roman de Renart

Branche II Renart et Chantecler

Renart et la mésange

Renart et Tibert

Renart et Tiécelin

Renart et Hersent

Branche Va (ou Branche I, suivant les familles des manuscrits)

Le Jugement de Renart

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What it is:

August 9, 2006 by Matt

This is an online notebook that I am keeping as I explore a reading list in French literature. Comments and discussion are welcome.