CONGRESS CANCELED Voice in Medieval Occitania
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The voice, object of discussion by medieval grammarians, has recently been re-examined by a range of critical thinkers. For example, Adriana Cavarero has shown how the uniqueness of a voice, produced by a unique body and entering into dialogue with other unique voices, invites a new understanding of political speech. Mladen Dolar has distinguished the voice from either the conveyance of meaning or the object of aesthetic contemplation, making it a particular kind of surplus, and Giorgio Agamben has distinguished the voice from language and examined the space between them. This session will consider the implications of these and other arguments about voice for the study of medieval Occitania (i.e., the south of what is now France, where Occitan was the medieval vernacular), and, conversely, the implications of medieval Occitan culture for the theoretical examination of voice. Mary Franklin-Brown
CONGRESS CANCELED Voice in Medieval Occitania
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The voice, object of discussion by medieval grammarians, has recently been re-examined by a range of critical thinkers. For example, Adriana Cavarero has shown how the uniqueness of a voice, produced by a unique body and entering into dialogue with other unique voices, invites a new understanding of political speech. Mladen Dolar has distinguished the voice from either the conveyance of meaning or the object of aesthetic contemplation, making it a particular kind of surplus, and Giorgio Agamben has distinguished the voice from language and examined the space between them. This session will consider the implications of these and other arguments about voice for the study of medieval Occitania (i.e., the south of what is now France, where Occitan was the medieval vernacular), and, conversely, the implications of medieval Occitan culture for the theoretical examination of voice. Mary Franklin-Brown