Fragmentation and Method: Reading the Divided in Text, Song, and Image

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Anna Zayaruznaya

Organizer Affiliation

Yale Univ.

Presider Name

Jane Alden

Presider Affiliation

Wesleyan Univ.

Paper Title 1

"I Got Rhythm!" : Mensural Mania and Gnostic Notation in a Medieval Song

Presenter 1 Name

Judith Peraino

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Cornell Univ.

Paper Title 2

Sounding Body Politic: Estates Divided in a Late Medieval Motet

Presenter 2 Name

Anna Zayaruznaya

Paper Title 3

Damaged Corp(u)s: The Death of Vivien from La Chanson de Guillaume to Aliscans

Presenter 3 Name

Jason Jacobs

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Roger Williams Univ.

Start Date

15-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1335

Description

In the study of medieval cultural production, fragmentation is often seen in a negative light: a fragment is part of a greater entity that cannot be recovered, and its most important job is to stand in for that whole. But fragmentation can itself be eloquent. This session seeks to take a fresh look at the things that medieval songs and texts fragment themselves. -Anna Zayaruznaya