Perception and Consciousness in the Medieval Centuries

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association

Organizer Name

Jefferey H. Taylor

Organizer Affiliation

Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver

Presider Name

Jennifer McNabb

Presider Affiliation

Western Illinois Univ.

Paper Title 1

“‘Chese now,’ quod she, ‘oon of thise thynges tweye'": The Knight’s Choice, Literary Nominalism, and the Allegory of Reading in The Wife of Bath’s Tale

Presenter 1 Name

Andrew Hallam

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver

Paper Title 2

"Of all sciences is our poet the monarch": Sidney's Defence of Poesy on the Cusp of Modern Consciousness

Presenter 2 Name

Leslie A. Taylor

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Colorado-Boulder

Paper Title 3

Ritual, Participation, and Consciousness of Time in the Monastic Setting

Presenter 3 Name

Brandon Pearce

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 4

The Fabric of This Vision: Mapping the Evolution of Consciousness through the Transformations of Theatricality

Presenter 4 Name

Jefferey H. Taylor

Start Date

11-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Valley II 201

Description

This session explores consciousness in the Medieval and Early Modern periods using theories such as Owen Barfield's evolution of consciousness, the Grid/Group Anthropology of Mary Douglas, Norbert Elias's figurational sociology, Lev Shestov's existentialist historicism, the current conversation relating theatricality and performativity to the social production of meaning, and the general milieu of post-post-modern thought in our post-theory era. The goal is to map the cultural contours of consciousness itself and describe significant transformations of consciousness in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. The papers reference Ockham, Chaucer, Sidney, the Mystery Cycles, and Monastic traditions.

Jefferey H. Taylor