Loving Your Arms (Before the NRA): Heroes and Their Weapons
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Société Rencesvals, American-Canadian Branch
Organizer Name
Rebeca Castellanos
Organizer Affiliation
Grand Valley State Univ.
Presider Name
Ana Grinberg
Presider Affiliation
Auburn Univ.
Paper Title 1
"Saquéla de moros, vós tornástesla aylá": Idas y venidas de las espadas de los héroes épicos y su posible interpretación
Presenter 1 Name
Mercedes Vaquero
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Brown Univ.
Paper Title 2
Dueling Narratives: Heraldry and Chivalric Identity in Sir Eglamour of Artois
Presenter 2 Name
Amy N. Vines
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of North Carolina-Greensboro
Paper Title 3
To Die For: Duels by Knights in Orlando innamorato and Orlando furioso over Swords, Horses, Heraldic Symbols, and Women
Presenter 3 Name
Linda C. McCabe
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 4
Espadas recuperadas, hijas vengadas: El rol de Colada y Tizona en el Cantar del mio Cid
Presenter 4 Name
Rebeca Castellanos
Start Date
9-5-2019 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1225
Description
Romance epics and other medieval narratives showcase knights with tender feelings for their weapon of choice. They report that the Cid’s “entire body rejoiced”, and that “he smiled from his heart” upon recovering the swords, Colada and Tizona. Charlemagne also has a special relationship to his famous Joyeuse, as had Rainouart with his tinel or Bradamante with her lance. These weapons also merit detailed descriptions and even monologues directed to these objects. What do the textual and paratextual relationships between hero and arms represent? How do we read the audience’s attitude towards weapons, and the hero’s endearment to his own arms? If we think of objects as signs “referring to something other than themselves,” as Ian Woodward claims, what do arms tell us about the hero/weapon and its culture? This panel seeks papers from diverse perspectives, including object oriented ontology, material culture studies, visual culture, affect theory, and any other relevant approaches that examine the relationship of male and female warriors with their weapons. Rebeca Castellanos
Loving Your Arms (Before the NRA): Heroes and Their Weapons
Schneider 1225
Romance epics and other medieval narratives showcase knights with tender feelings for their weapon of choice. They report that the Cid’s “entire body rejoiced”, and that “he smiled from his heart” upon recovering the swords, Colada and Tizona. Charlemagne also has a special relationship to his famous Joyeuse, as had Rainouart with his tinel or Bradamante with her lance. These weapons also merit detailed descriptions and even monologues directed to these objects. What do the textual and paratextual relationships between hero and arms represent? How do we read the audience’s attitude towards weapons, and the hero’s endearment to his own arms? If we think of objects as signs “referring to something other than themselves,” as Ian Woodward claims, what do arms tell us about the hero/weapon and its culture? This panel seeks papers from diverse perspectives, including object oriented ontology, material culture studies, visual culture, affect theory, and any other relevant approaches that examine the relationship of male and female warriors with their weapons. Rebeca Castellanos