Performance in and of Courtly Literature

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS), North American Branch

Organizer Name

Tamara Bentley Caudill

Organizer Affiliation

Tulane Univ.

Presider Name

Tamara Bentley Caudill

Paper Title 1

A chantar in Performance

Presenter 1 Name

Laura Zoll

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 2

The Performance of Awe in Courtly Romance

Presenter 2 Name

Evelyn Birge Vitz

Presenter 2 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 3

Shifting Our Horizons of Expectation: Love Service in the Devotional Contrafacta of Jacques de Cambrai

Presenter 3 Name

Christopher Callahan

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Illinois Wesleyan Univ.

Paper Title 4

"Þe forme to be fynisment foldez ful selden": Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Dynamics of Performance

Presenter 4 Name

Gerard Lavin (Univ. of New Mexico Graduate Student Prize Winner)

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of New Mexico

Start Date

11-5-2017 7:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1060

Description

While impossible to gauge historical authenticity, performance as described in courtly literature provides insight into the way it was conceived in the medieval period ; and modern performances of courtly literature can have the same effect. After all, these texts were intended to be heard in a community of readers, not consumed in silence by an individual. Thus, looking at a text through the lens of performance has great potential to challenge or (re)shape our understanding of it. This panel includes papers that consider various aspects of performance in courtly literature. When applicable, presenters may perform as well.

Susann T. Samples