IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 222: Augustine: Physical and Emotional Space, Gesture, and Exegesis
Monday 10 July 2006, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Platinum Latin |
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| Organiser: | Danuta Shanzer, Department of Classics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign / Dumbarton Oaks Medieval (Latin) Library |
| Moderator/Chair: | Danuta Shanzer, Department of Classics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign / Dumbarton Oaks Medieval (Latin) Library |
| Paper 222-a | Gardens in Augustine's Confessions (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 222-b | 'Quidam motu manuum pleraque significant': A Preacher's Body Language (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 222-c | Exegesis without End: Augustine and the Consequences (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Abstract | This panel highlights Augustine as Latin writer, literary artist, exegete, and preacher. Two of the papers (Pagan and Mueller) focus in part on the depiction of the physical, both space and gesture. Both Pagan’s (for Augustine’s gardens are the scene of life-changing emotional events) and Mueller’s paper tie in to the 2006 theme of emotion and gesture. After Augustine’s thought about space and emotion (Pagan), and physical stance while preaching (Mueller), Pollmann’s paper will track the developments in his style of exegetical reading when confronting the opening of Genesis at different stages of his career. A coda will treat of the later medieval reception of his exegesis. |