Hiding in the Chanson de Geste
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Société Rencesvals, American-Canadian Branch
Organizer Name
Hillary Engelhart, Ana Grinberg
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, East Tennessee State Univ.
Presider Name
Mercedes Vaquero
Presider Affiliation
Brown Univ.
Paper Title 1
Un jeu de cache-cache, Hiding in a Chanson de Geste from the Fifteenth Century: The Croniques et conquestes de Charlemaine from David Aubert
Presenter 1 Name
Valérie Guyen-Croquez
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 2
"Au chevauchier samble mal barbarin": Disguise and Hiding in Chansons de Geste
Presenter 2 Name
Ana Grinberg
Start Date
11-5-2017 1:30 PM
Session Location
Sangren 1320
Description
At the level of plot, the romance epic includes a plethora of characters in disguise and the use of deceits to move the narratives forward, providing both intrigue and humor. But also, more subtly, these texts bear witness to sources, influences, and outside motives hidden beneath the more conspicuous desire to entertain through a traditional format. This session invites papers that examine how texts, authors, and audience negotiated the many levels of things hidden in the romance epic.
Ana Grinberg
Hiding in the Chanson de Geste
Sangren 1320
At the level of plot, the romance epic includes a plethora of characters in disguise and the use of deceits to move the narratives forward, providing both intrigue and humor. But also, more subtly, these texts bear witness to sources, influences, and outside motives hidden beneath the more conspicuous desire to entertain through a traditional format. This session invites papers that examine how texts, authors, and audience negotiated the many levels of things hidden in the romance epic.
Ana Grinberg