Federigo’s Falcon
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Session 1 Objectives
1. Relate personal perspectives on material and
emotional sacrifice to the thematic baseline of the
story
2. Differentiate between direct and indirect
characterization by dissecting the traits of Federigo
and Monna Giovanna on a Character Anatomy
Map
3. Evaluate how the structural character vs. character
conflict reaches its climax when individual duties
collide
What’s Your Price Tag?
Rate the Value:
“What happens when you must sacrifice your
absolute prize to help someone who doesn’t
love you back?”
The Character Anatomy Map
Character VS Character
an external literary conflict
where one character
opposes another.
Session 2 Objectives
1.Contextualize historical crises as a driving
force for literary production
2.Trace Giovanni Boccaccio’s biographical
background and the Black Plague to explain
the defensive moral framework of The
Decameron
3.Contrast medieval communal values with
modern individual values using a
comparative Value Matrix
The Black Plague, also
known as the Black
Death, was a
devastating pandemic
caused by the
bacterium Yersinia
pestis that killed
millions in Europe
during the 14th
century.
“If your world was collapsing
around you, what kind of stories
would you tell to keep hope
and morality alive?”
Who is Giovanni Boccaccio?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=hxIGUWu-LH4