Ritual Space and Sacred Limits in Medieval Iberian Literature
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Center for Inter-American and Border Studies, Univ. of Texas-El Paso
Organizer Name
Matthew V. Desing
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Texas-El Paso
Presider Name
Matthew V. Desing
Paper Title 1
In the Doorway of All Worlds: Enclosure, Aperture, and Poetic Sacrality in Early Vernacular Verse
Presenter 1 Name
Robin M. Bower
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Pennsylvania State Univ.–Beaver
Paper Title 2
A Hull, a Cave, a Tower: Enclosed Spaces of Spiritual and Physical Restoration or Death in the Libro de Apolonio, the Recontamiento de la doncella Carcayona, and the Romance de la Delgadina
Presenter 2 Name
Paul B. Nelson
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Louisiana Tech Univ.
Paper Title 3
The Sacred Dream in El Poema de Yūsuf: Mudéjar Captivity and Delayed Salvation
Presenter 3 Name
Ali Alsmadi
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Indiana Univ.-Bloomington
Paper Title 4
Ritual Spaces in Aljamiado-Morisco Manuscripts: The Island, the Path, and the Home
Presenter 4 Name
Donald W. Wood
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Oklahoma State Univ.
Start Date
11-5-2019 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1235
Description
Ways of forming sacred space vary across cultures and religions, and these processes may involve geography, architecture, and the plastic arts, but also sound and language, social interactions, and the written word. The contrast among different ways of constructing and delimiting ritual space is brought to the foreground in multi-confessional societies, like those of the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. This panel seeks to examine ways of constructing space in these various societies, as well as their manifestations in the various textual traditions of the Peninsula. Examinations of literary spaces are increasingly informed by developments in related disciplines such as sociology, history, anthropology and religious studies, and spatial theories developed by scholars such as Lefebvre, Bourdieu, Certeau, and Foucault have given scholars tools to understand the ways these spaces function. This panel proposes to examine the intersection of examinations of space and explorations of ritual and religion through the literary artifacts of the Iberian Middle Ages. Matthew V. Desing
Ritual Space and Sacred Limits in Medieval Iberian Literature
Schneider 1235
Ways of forming sacred space vary across cultures and religions, and these processes may involve geography, architecture, and the plastic arts, but also sound and language, social interactions, and the written word. The contrast among different ways of constructing and delimiting ritual space is brought to the foreground in multi-confessional societies, like those of the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. This panel seeks to examine ways of constructing space in these various societies, as well as their manifestations in the various textual traditions of the Peninsula. Examinations of literary spaces are increasingly informed by developments in related disciplines such as sociology, history, anthropology and religious studies, and spatial theories developed by scholars such as Lefebvre, Bourdieu, Certeau, and Foucault have given scholars tools to understand the ways these spaces function. This panel proposes to examine the intersection of examinations of space and explorations of ritual and religion through the literary artifacts of the Iberian Middle Ages. Matthew V. Desing