Play and Performance in the Pearl-Poet

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Pearl-Poet Society

Organizer Name

B. S. W. Barootes

Organizer Affiliation

Centre for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Toronto

Presider Name

Ethan Campbell

Presider Affiliation

King's College

Paper Title 1

Performing Beauty in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Presenter 1 Name

Vanessa Jaeger

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Binghamton Univ.

Paper Title 2

Princely Pastimes: Participatory Entertainment and Social Identities in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Presenter 2 Name

Derek Shank

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 3

Performing Grief: Pearl and the Language of Christian Mourning

Presenter 3 Name

Giacomo Valeri

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of York

Start Date

10-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 212

Description

This session moves beyond the critical discussion of ludic elements in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to take a more broad approach to play and performance in the poems of Cotton Nero A.x and St. Erkenwald. This wider scope allows for investigations of the poet’s interest in word games, competing voices and discourses, and the role of courtly entertainments in and for the poems.

Benjamin S.W. Barootes