Animals in Marie de France

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Marie de France Society

Organizer Name

Matthieu Boyd

Organizer Affiliation

Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.

Presider Name

Ed Ouellette

Presider Affiliation

Air Univ.

Paper Title 1

Of Loyalty and Love, Desire and Deceit: Birds in the Lais and Fables of Marie de France

Presenter 1 Name

Sherron Lux

Presenter 1 Affiliation

San Jacinto College

Paper Title 2

Le Laustic: Reflections on the Nightingale, Philomena, and Fabric

Presenter 2 Name

Leslie Burress

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Louisville

Paper Title 3

Translating Bisclavret

Presenter 3 Name

Katherine Kong

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville

Paper Title 4

"I don’t reckon you’re any better than a mad dog!": The Transformative Power of Furor in Twelfth-Century Vernacular Literature

Presenter 4 Name

Jonathan Sapp

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Akron

Start Date

10-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Valley I Shilling Lounge

Description

This session explores various aspects of the use of animals by Marie de France in her Lais and Fables, and in medieval French and Anglo-Norman literature more generally.

Matthieu Boyd