Merlin and the Round Table

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Société Internationale des Amis de Merlin

Organizer Name

Florence Marsal

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Presider Name

Kathleen Jarchow

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 1

What Might the Son of the Devil have to Do with a Christian Round Table?

Presenter 1 Name

Anne Berthelot

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 2

Merlin the Demon's Son

Presenter 2 Name

Rosanne Gasse

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Brandon Univ.

Paper Title 3

The Sorcerer's Gender: An Analysis of Merlin in the Morte Darthur

Presenter 3 Name

Margaret L. Sheble

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 213

Description

This session proposes to explore the connection, or lack thereof, between Merlin and the Round Table, and simultaneously the extant variants about the Round Table’s creation and function. It focuses on Merlin as narrative tool exploited in romances, rather than Merlin as prophet and political marker. Also, it goes back to the origins of both a character and an object that are too easily taken for granted in studies of the Arthurian canon.

Anne Berthelot , Florence Marsal