Romance at Sea II: Over the Ocean

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Romance Society

Organizer Name

Rebecca Drake

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of York

Presider Name

Roberta Magnani

Presider Affiliation

Swansea Univ.

Paper Title 1

Acts of Prowess and Aquatic Deeds: Oceans, Brides, and Genre in Finnboga Saga Ramma and Viglundar Saga

Presenter 1 Name

Basil Arnould Price

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Arizona State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Alternative Identities: The Transmission of Character in Le Chevalier au lion, Ywain and Gawain, and Ivens saga

Presenter 2 Name

Rebecca Drake

Start Date

9-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2345

Description

This session explores the transmission of romance over the ocean in two senses: the first being the transfer of literary motifs in romance; and the second being the exchange of romance manuscripts across the sea, especially across the North Atlantic. How does the identity of a character change across versions of one romance? How are romance themes and motifs transferred between literary cultures? We seek to understand issues of genre, individual identity, and textual transmission, and invite discussion of this in response to a panel of two papers. Rebecca Drake