Medieval History
Call for papers -- please circulate:
Société Rencesvals, American-Canadian Branch
2009 MLA Annual Convention
Current Research Trends in Epic Studies
The goal of this panel is to explore current ways of researching the romance epic. How do scholars today think about the epic as we use new methodologies and approach research on epic from different perspectives?
What topics, ideas, and themes in epic studies are of recent interest and why? How do we advance epic studies when we are working with the same basic materials that generations of scholars have used? This presentation of current directions that epic research is taking is also intended to give insight into potential future trends.
**** Deadline for proposals: 23 March 2009 ****
Submissions addressing any and all aspects of research on the romance epic are encouraged. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
*Performance of epic
*Epics in manuscript context
*Late epics and the roman d?aventure
*Gender studies and the epic
*Teaching epic
*Epics in film
*Cross-cultural comparisons of epic
*Relationship of epic to other genres
Proposals and inquiries should be addressed to:
Dr. Elizabeth Wright [email protected]
Please include your name, affiliation, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, title of paper presentation, and an abstract (250-500 words).
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Medieval History
Call for papers: Current Research Trends in Epic Studies
Call for papers -- please circulate:
Société Rencesvals, American-Canadian Branch
2009 MLA Annual Convention
Current Research Trends in Epic Studies
The goal of this panel is to explore current ways of researching the romance epic. How do scholars today think about the epic as we use new methodologies and approach research on epic from different perspectives?
What topics, ideas, and themes in epic studies are of recent interest and why? How do we advance epic studies when we are working with the same basic materials that generations of scholars have used? This presentation of current directions that epic research is taking is also intended to give insight into potential future trends.
**** Deadline for proposals: 23 March 2009 ****
Submissions addressing any and all aspects of research on the romance epic are encouraged. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
*Performance of epic
*Epics in manuscript context
*Late epics and the roman d?aventure
*Gender studies and the epic
*Teaching epic
*Epics in film
*Cross-cultural comparisons of epic
*Relationship of epic to other genres
Proposals and inquiries should be addressed to:
Dr. Elizabeth Wright [email protected]
Please include your name, affiliation, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, title of paper presentation, and an abstract (250-500 words).
- A Medievalism Post: What Is Fantasy?
For the second semester in a row, I'm teaching T. H. White's The Once and Future King, a book I first encountered 25 years ago, and haven't really thought about since. I have not been, surprisingly for a medieval lit and lang guy, a big fan...
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The study of Medievalism has been getting more and more exciting, especially now that scholars have managed to step beyond the traditional geographical boundaries and reveal the numerous cultural translations of the Middle Ages in heretofore uncharted...
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Eve Salisbury and Jana Schulman, both medievalists at Western Michigan University, have recently joined the advisory board of Medievally Speaking, the online review arm of Studies in Medievalism, the leading publication investigating the ongoing reception...
- ?travel In The World Of Arthur?
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