IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1323: Performance and the Page, IV: An Exploration of Layout and Reception
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow |
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| Organiser: | Kate Maxwell, Independent Scholar, Jönköping |
| Moderator/Chair: | Peter Vaughan Davies, School of Modern Languages & Cultures (French), University of Glasgow |
| Respondent: | Peter Vaughan Davies, School of Modern Languages & Cultures (French), University of Glasgow |
| Paper 1323-a | 'Ors sui et ordeneiz | doit aler en ordure': The Old French Alexandrine in Manuscript Context (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1323-b | 'Grammatology' as a Means of Understanding Early Music Notation: A Look at the Chanson de Roland and the Voir Dit (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This final session on 'Performance and the Page' begins with James Simpson's discussion of the layout of the alexandrine in French manuscripts and the implications it may have for contemporary reception and modern edition of the works. The session then broadens its scope to the Chanson de Roland and Machaut's later Voir Dit, through which Kate Maxwell will argue that Jacques Derrida's theory of grammatology can be usefully applied to medieval manuscripts and writing. To close the session and the day, Peter Davies will offer a brief reflection on all four of the sessions and invite discussion from the floor, to consider where we have come in our exploration of the performance of the page and what may lie ahead as the journey continues. |