Medieval Drama: Beyond Genres: Alan Knight in Memoriam
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)
Organizer Name
Robert Clark
Organizer Affiliation
Kansas State Univ.
Presider Name
Robert Clark
Paper Title 1
Openness to Comedy
Presenter 1 Name
Jody Enders
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara
Paper Title 2
Genre Trouble: "Medieval Genres" in the Later Renaissance
Presenter 2 Name
Mario B. Longtin
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Western Univ.
Paper Title 3
Un Spectacle à Risque: The Mystère de saint Martin and Its Farce
Presenter 3 Name
Noah D. Guynn
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of California-Davis
Start Date
13-5-2017 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1125
Description
Alan E. Knight’s work has been hugely influential in the field of French medieval and Renaissance drama. His monumental critical edition of the Mystères de la procession de Lille presented us for the first time with 72 playtexts from a city where the dramatic tradition has more in common with the world of the English biblical plays. Knight’s philological work changed the way we see continental theatre and shed light on the diversity of traditions found at the end of the medieval period on a territory that we now call France. But Knight is better known for his book Aspects of Genres in Late Medieval French Drama, published in 1983. There he tackles the generic division inherited from the 17th century and conveyed by historians of literature and theater from the 19th and 20th century. To celebrate his life and work, this session will expose the bridges between genres, languages, performance spaces, filiations amongst dramatic traditions. Deliberately choosing what is shared and common, this session will focus on interconnections and resurgences, echo across boundaries, and suggest the material of the dramatic writing trade.
Frank M. Napolitano
Medieval Drama: Beyond Genres: Alan Knight in Memoriam
Schneider 1125
Alan E. Knight’s work has been hugely influential in the field of French medieval and Renaissance drama. His monumental critical edition of the Mystères de la procession de Lille presented us for the first time with 72 playtexts from a city where the dramatic tradition has more in common with the world of the English biblical plays. Knight’s philological work changed the way we see continental theatre and shed light on the diversity of traditions found at the end of the medieval period on a territory that we now call France. But Knight is better known for his book Aspects of Genres in Late Medieval French Drama, published in 1983. There he tackles the generic division inherited from the 17th century and conveyed by historians of literature and theater from the 19th and 20th century. To celebrate his life and work, this session will expose the bridges between genres, languages, performance spaces, filiations amongst dramatic traditions. Deliberately choosing what is shared and common, this session will focus on interconnections and resurgences, echo across boundaries, and suggest the material of the dramatic writing trade.
Frank M. Napolitano