Performances of Marie de France: Yonec

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Marie de France Society

Organizer Name

Tamara Bentley Caudill

Organizer Affiliation

Tulane Univ.

Presider Name

Ed Ouellette

Presider Affiliation

Air Univ.

Paper Title 1

Performer

Presenter 1 Name

Simonetta Cochis

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Transylvania Univ.

Paper Title 2

Performer

Presenter 2 Name

Yvonne LeBlanc

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 3

Performer

Presenter 3 Name

Walter A. Blue

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Hamline Univ.

Paper Title 4

Performer

Presenter 4 Name

Dorothy Gilbert

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Start Date

13-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Valley III Stinson Lounge

Description

In this performance session, four performers of medieval narrative will present a lai and/or fables of Marie de France. In the past, these performances have involved period music, new translations, and/or dramatic readings in the original language; and we expect this tradition to continue. As Joyce Coleman, Evelyn Birge Vitz, and others have shown, hearing a text read aloud or watching its performance both mirrors the way the work would have been consumed in the Middle Ages and enhances our modern understanding. Our attendees regularly report that their perception of the work changes over the course of the session.

Tamara Bentley Caudill