Le Fresne Again! Ten Years of Performing Marie de France (A Performance)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Marie de France Society

Organizer Name

Tamara Bentley Caudill

Organizer Affiliation

Jacksonville Univ.

Presider Name

Arielle McKee

Presider Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 1

Performer

Presenter 1 Name

Walter A. Blue

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Hamline Univ.

Paper Title 2

Performer

Presenter 2 Name

Simonetta Cochis

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Transylvania Univ.

Paper Title 3

Performer

Presenter 3 Name

Ronald Cook

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 4

Performer

Presenter 4 Name

Dorothy Gilbert

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 5

Performer

Presenter 5 Name

Yvonne LeBlanc

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 6

Discussant

Presenter 6 Name

Evelyn Birge Vitz

Presenter 6 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Valley 2 Garneau Lounge

Description

2018 marks the 10th anniversary of our popular performance panel in its current format; and we plan to bring back the original performers (with a few new faces) for an all-new performance of the text that started it all: Le Fresne. As in years past, the panel will involve period music, new translations, and dramatic readings in the original language. As Joyce Coleman, Evelyn Birge Vitz, and others have argued, 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