IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 719: The Mirror of Nature in Medieval Aesthetic Literature and Culture
Tuesday 8 July 2008, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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Organiser: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
Moderator/Chair: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
Paper 719-b | Lovers in between Forests and Gardens: Nature as a Mirror of Love (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Language and Literature - Italian |
Paper 719-c | The Topic of Nature in Japanese Waka and Renga (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Mentalities |
Abstract | In medieval poetic literature, as well as in the visual culture, nature often serves as a mirror of emotions, virtues, positions, states, or thoughts. At the same time, nature is mirrored in the form and style of poems, or in the shape, decoration or colour of clothings and weapons, i.e. the 'external shape' of persons, in fiction and in reality. The session will focus on the aesthetic dimensions and on the symbolism of the 'mirror of nature' in different cultures, genres and 'textiles' (in the multiple sense of the word). |