Emotions and Performativity in Early Drama, Art, and Music

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Early Drama, Art, and Music

Organizer Name

Jesse D. Hurlbut

Organizer Affiliation

Brigham Young Univ.

Presider Name

Alexandra F. Johnston

Presider Affiliation

Records of Early English Drama

Paper Title 1

Mixed Sympathies: Thinking and Feeling about Jews in the Ludus de Antichristo

Presenter 1 Name

Caitlin Hamilton

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia

Paper Title 2

Awe and Astonishment in Medieval French Narrative

Presenter 2 Name

Evelyn Birge Vitz

Presenter 2 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 3

Planctus Universitatis Oxoniensis and the Affective Performativity of Lamentation

Presenter 3 Name

Thomas Meacham

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 4

Everyman, the London Old Vic, and World War I

Presenter 4 Name

Pamela M. King

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Glasgow

Start Date

14-5-2016 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2016

Description

By Jesse D. Hurlbut

Participants in this session investigate how emotions were understood, expressed, and enacted in the cultural productions of the medieval and Renaissance periods. Topics include the actions and reactions of individuals and groups, as well as the conventions such as words, language, and art to express, describe and define perceptions of self and of the world.