More "Lesser" Arthuriana

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Usha Vishnuvajjala

Organizer Affiliation

Tulane Univ.

Presider Name

Christopher Jensen

Presider Affiliation

Florida State Univ.

Paper Title 1

Blighted Enfances: The Childhoods of Arthurian Antagonists Mordred in Contemporary Romance and Young Adult Fiction

Presenter 1 Name

Amelia A. Rutledge

Presenter 1 Affiliation

George Mason Univ.

Paper Title 2

A Dubious Privilege Granted by the Ghost of King Arthur to Beer and Cheese Sellers (Paris, BN lat.11331, f. 16v)

Presenter 2 Name

Christopher Michael Berard

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Providence College

Paper Title 3

The Once and Present King: Contemporary Appropriations of Medieval Arthuriana in Comics

Presenter 3 Name

Carl B. Sell

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania

Start Date

12-5-2019 10:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 212

Description

This panel seeks papers on the “lesser,” or lesser-studied, Arthurian texts. Some of these texts are less well-studied because they are considered “bad” literature, and some for other reasons, like their difficult dialects. How might a renewed discussion of such texts’ place in our research and teaching contribute to a deeper understanding of the aesthetic diversity of the Arthurian canon and the Middle Ages more generally? How might they help us to re-think and re-frame the “canonical” Arthurian texts on which we often focus? Usha Vishnuvajjala