IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 516: Emotions and Gesture in Medieval Liturgy and Drama
Tuesday 11 July 2006, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Medieval Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison / Interdisciplinary Center for Medieval Studies, Universität Salzburg |
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| Organiser: | Maria Elisabeth Dorninger, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Salzburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Christian Rohr, Fachbereich Geschichte, Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 516-a | Processional Chants and Liturgical Plays (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - German, Music, Religious Life |
| Paper 516-b | Liturgical and Emotional Acting in Early German Passion Plays (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Performance Arts - General, Religious Life |
| Paper 516-c | Laughing at Medieval Drama: Perilous or Pious? (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session centers on the public expression of emotions and on significant gesture, both in liturgy and in paraliturgical drama, and on the religious mentalities these represent. As not only church-sanctioned plays in the vernacular, but also many church services themselves were experienced by huge numbers of people, their impact and outreach cannot be underestimated. The three papers in the present offering deal with closely related aspects of this broader phenomenon. |