CORVALLIS, Ore. -Baba Brinkman, hip-hop artist and medieval scholar, will perform his rap version of the "Canterbury Tales" at 4:30 pm on Monday, Dec. 1.

The event is free, open to the public and will be held in the
Construction and Engineering Hall at LaSells Stewart Center, 875 S.W.
26th St., Corvallis.

Brinkman has performed his award-winning show at music festivals,
universities and other venues around the world. He will highlight the
parallels between the techniques used in modern hip-hop music and the
most famous work from the Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury
Tales. He also will demonstrate how this 600-year-old text anticipates
current trends in rap music, including freestyle battle competitions.

Brinkman will discuss Chaucer's portrayals of the Miller, Wife of
Bath, and Pardoner before performing original rap versions of each of
those tales. The audience will gain a better understanding of hip-hop
culture and its nuances, as well as Chaucer's text and its medieval
contexts. Attendees will leave with a broader appreciation of how
storytelling conventions and practices can cross geographical,
temporal, and cultural boundaries.

This event is sponsored by the OSU Dept. of English and Center for the Humanities

Source: 

Tara Williams,
541-737-1642

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