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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1003: Literary Love and Pleasure

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 09.00-10.30

Moderator/Chair:Penny Robinson, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 1003-aPoetic Pleasures in the Art of Falconry
(Language: English)
Leslie Jacoby, Department of English & Comparative Literature, San José State University
Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Social History
Paper 1003-bThe Daily Life of Young Ladies in the Galician-Portuguese Medieval Poetry
(Language: English)
Rui Miguel Ventura do Couto Tavares de Faria, Instituto de Estudos de Literatura Tradicional, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese
Paper 1003-cGhismonda and Guiscardo: The Hierarchy of Love
(Language: English)
Borbála Lovas, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Comparative, Sexuality
Abstract

Paper -a:
Abstract withheld by request.

Paper -b:
The Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry known as Cantigas d'Amigo brings out many aspects of the daily life of young ladies. The encounters she manages to have with her 'beloved' when she goes to the fountain or to the river or to dancing village parties; the stories and sorrows she tells to her girl friends about these encounters; the lies she has to tell her mother when she intends to be with the 'amigo' are the main topics of the Cantigas d'Amigo. In our paper, we intend to show these aspects and comment on as they appear to be a realistic portrait of women's medieval daily life in Portugal and in Galicia.

Paper -c:
The tale of the two lovers was appeared first in the Decameron, and from the early times was right popular in Europe. The base of my analysis is the art work of a printed matter which was published in the 1470's, that contained the German version of Boccaccio's short novel by Niklas von Wyle and its twelve woodcuts were made by Johann Zainer. In the pursuance of the comparation of the pictures and the text we can follow up the structure and the lines of force of the space surmounted by the characters and their liaisons.