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Teaching Medieval French Language and Culture through Digital Gameplay: Applications from ""Brendan’s Voyage""

By (author) Jacob Abell, By (author) Lynn Ramey

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This book explores digital gameplayâ€™s potential for transforming the way medievalists teach spoken and written language. The authors reflect on lessons learned from the implementation of the video gameÂ Brendanâ€™s Voyage, which remediates key episodes from the twelfth-century poem,Â The Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot, a popular text translated from Latin into the Anglo-Norman dialect of medieval French. As the player participates in Brendanâ€™s maritime quest (and the creation of the Brendan manuscript), the game conveys basic skills in spoken and written Anglo-Norman as well as cultural lessons about Francophone England, from the role of women in artistic patronage to the role of fantastic beasts in monastic imagination. This book positionsÂ Brendanâ€™s VoyageÂ as a case study whose production and use can offer insights that impact medieval studies, language pedagogy, the digital humanities, and educational video game design.Â