IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 722: Strangers in Medieval Cities
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg / Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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| Organiser: | Andrea Grafetstätter, Abteilung Deutsche Philologie des Mittelalters, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andrea Grafetstätter, Abteilung Deutsche Philologie des Mittelalters, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
| Paper 722-a | Foreign Culture in a Foreign Town: The Nuremberg Poet Jakob Ayrer and the Reception of 16th-Century English Comedies in Germany (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Paper 722-b | Strangers in the Knight: An Analysis of Knights Facing Unknown Cities in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Paper 722-c | A Philosopher Abroad: Nicolaus Cusanus as a Member of the Late Medieval Roman Curia (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Abstract | The aim of the session is to show the experience of foreign cultures from different angles. The examples are taken from different literary sources in order to analyse either the reception of a foreign culture in one's own urban environment or the description of experiences in foreign cities and countries. |