Ruodlieb: New Approaches
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Monika Otter, Elizabeth Archibald
Organizer Affiliation
Dartmouth College, Durham Univ.
Presider Name
Thomas O'Donnell
Presider Affiliation
Fordham Univ.
Paper Title 1
Ruodlieb, Apolonius, and Romance in Latin
Presenter 1 Name
Elizabeth Archibald
Paper Title 2
Iocum Magnum Dare: Game, Humor, and Wisdom in Ruodlieb
Presenter 2 Name
Monika Otter
Paper Title 3
Reading the Animals in Ruodlieb
Presenter 3 Name
Simon Meecham-Jones
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Cambridge/Swansea Univ.
Start Date
12-5-2013 8:30 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1135
Description
The eleventh-century fragmentary Latin verse narrative known as the Ruodlieb is unknown to most medievalists, but it has much to offer scholars working on medieval fiction both in Latin and the vernacular. It contains a tantalizing mixture of episodes and motifs from numerous genres, epic, fabliau, exempla, lyric, and romance --even though it is in Latin and predates the 'rise of romance' by a century. Apparently composed at the German monastery of Tegernsee, it discusses love and marriage, war and kingship, with sophistication and wit. Partly because of its fragmentary state and uncertain genre, it remains neglected. We attempt to approach the poem from a variety of critical angles and with a variety of critical issues, including genre, gender, animal studies, the role of monastic schools and the trivium in early literature, and the relationship of Latin and the vernaculars.
Monika C. Otter
Ruodlieb: New Approaches
Schneider 1135
The eleventh-century fragmentary Latin verse narrative known as the Ruodlieb is unknown to most medievalists, but it has much to offer scholars working on medieval fiction both in Latin and the vernacular. It contains a tantalizing mixture of episodes and motifs from numerous genres, epic, fabliau, exempla, lyric, and romance --even though it is in Latin and predates the 'rise of romance' by a century. Apparently composed at the German monastery of Tegernsee, it discusses love and marriage, war and kingship, with sophistication and wit. Partly because of its fragmentary state and uncertain genre, it remains neglected. We attempt to approach the poem from a variety of critical angles and with a variety of critical issues, including genre, gender, animal studies, the role of monastic schools and the trivium in early literature, and the relationship of Latin and the vernaculars.
Monika C. Otter