IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 1525: Neo/Medieval Communities and Socio-Cultural Spaces of Resistance
Thursday 16 July 2009, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Hull |
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| Organiser: | Lesley Coote, Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Hull |
| Moderator/Chair: | Adrian Tudor, Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Hull |
| Paper 1525-a | Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and the Evil Voice in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Literacy and Orality, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1525-b | Socio-Cultural Spaces and the 'Outlaw Within' (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Middle English, Literacy and Orality, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1525-c | Viking Spaces in Neomedieval Culture (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | In medieval life and literature, 'space' was a very important concept in facing the challenge presented by 'strangeness', both as perceived by society and as felt by the individual self and/or selves. This is also true of the neo-medieval world, in which the medieval itself can form such a space. These three papers examine the nature of the socio-cultural spaces in which both medieval and neo-medieval participants may seek - and sometimes obtain - a form of social inclusion through an understanding of their own 'difference'. The papers are arranged so that each speaker begins from a slightly different viewpoint, linking and comparing medieval and neo-medieval perceptions. |