IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 622: Travelogues in the 15th Century: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
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| Organiser: | Georg Strack, Zentrum für Mittelalter- und Renaissancestudien, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| Moderator/Chair: | Pavel Blažek, Filosofický ústav, Akademie vĕd České Republiky, Praha |
| Paper 622-a | Plus ultra!: Fra Mauro's Mappamondo and the Enlargement of the World (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Learning (The Classical Inheritance) |
| Paper 622-b | Identity and Alterity in Late Medieval Spanish Travel Narratives: The Travelogues of Ruy González de Clavijo and Pero Tafur (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 622-c | How to Imagine a Journey: 20 Directives for a Spiritual Pilgrimage - An Introduction to Felix Fabri's Sionpilger (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - German |
| Abstract | Cultural contact and exchange in 15th-century Europe inspired many texts labelled as 'travelogues'. The session will show the different approaches of literary and cultural history studies towards this genre with a focus on texts from such diverse cultural contexts as Italy, Spain, and Germany. The interdisciplinary discussion of the underlying narrative structures and the impact on scientific discourses of the Renaissance will broaden the understanding of the genre in general. |