IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 113: Holy and Unholy Pleasure in Medieval Theatre and Drama, I
Monday 1 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Société Internationale pour l'Étude du Théâtre Médiéval (SITM) / Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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| Organiser: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
| Paper 113-a | Medieval Monasticism and Pleasure: Mary's Chaste Life in the House of God and Its Rewards in The Mary Play from the N-Town Cycle Manuscript (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 113-b | Der risus paschalis und die Komik des geistlichen Spiels (Language: Deutsch) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 113-c | Holy Theatre: Forms of Performative Exegesis in Dramatic Representations during the Boy Bishop's Feast (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
| Abstract | In the late Middle Ages we can observe various expressions of joy and pleasure in religious plays and festivals, especially within the most sacred scenes of these presentations. Heavenly bliss and earthly pleasure often form a remarkable union. The papers enquire about possible philosophical and theological backgrounds and the performance qualities of these heavenly (and physical) delights that are both depicted in the acting figures and provoked in the audience resp. the festival community of English and German religious plays or semi-dramatic festivities. |