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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 209: Modern Chaucer: Hermaphrodites in the Church, the Wife on the Couch, the Tales on the Net

Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45

Organiser:Kathleen A. Bishop, General Studies Program, New York University
Moderator/Chair:Kathleen A. Bishop, General Studies Program, New York University
Paper 209-a'Hir grete light of sapience': Hermaphroditism in The Second Nun's Tale
(Language: English)
Bronwen Welch, Department of English, Camosun College, British Columbia
Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Women's Studies
Paper 209-bShrinking Alice: A Psychoanalytic Assessment of the Wife of Bath
(Language: English)
Karen Mruk, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, New York
Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Sexuality, Women's Studies
Paper 209-cFrom Manuscript Page to Web Page: The Canterbury Tales on the Internet
(Language: English)
Nancy Reale, Liberal Studies Program, New York University
Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Arts - General, Technology
Abstract

This session brings together three medieval literary scholars and a psychoanalyst to examine the Canterbury Tales. Topics will include an exploration of medieval concepts of beauty, 'hermaphroditism', psycholanalysis, as well as an examination of medieval literature on the internet.