The Medieval "Canon" in the Early British Literature Survey (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM)

Organizer Name

Alexander L. Kaufman

Organizer Affiliation

Ball State Univ.

Presider Name

Alexander L. Kaufman

Paper Title 1

The Battle of Maldon and the Rise of Post-Canonical Pedagogy

Presenter 1 Name

Eric R. Carlson

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of South Carolina-Aiken

Paper Title 2

Medieval Images of Christ: A Look at Non-Canonical Images as "Text"

Presenter 2 Name

Dominique Hoche

Presenter 2 Affiliation

West Liberty Univ.

Paper Title 3

Not on the Celtic Fringes: Meaningful Incorporation of Non-English Texts in the British Literature Survey Course, and Why it Matters in the Twenty-First Century Classroom

Presenter 3 Name

Melissa Ridley Elmes

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Lindenwood Univ.

Paper Title 4

What about Medieval Romances, NAEL?

Presenter 4 Name

Ryan Naughton

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Arizona State Univ.

Paper Title 5

The Physical Canon: Reading Rare Books from Early Modern England

Presenter 5 Name

Matthew Z. Heintzelman

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

Paper Title 6

How Scholarly Is Your Textbook/Anthology?

Presenter 6 Name

Lesley Coote

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Univ. of Hull

Start Date

9-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1005

Description

This roundtable features short papers that explore ways in which instructors have moved beyond the traditional canon that publishers of British literature anthologies have created. Specifically, we welcome presentations that examine texts situated outside of the traditional/publisher-sanctioned medieval canon, the ways in which so-called non-canonical texts can be incorporated into the time period and the course, and how instructors address aspects of canonicity within the early survey. Alison Langdon