IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1137: Enemies, II: Literary and Dramatic Presentations of Enemies

Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies
Organiser:	Elisabeth Mincin, School of History, University of St Andrews
Moderator/Chair:	Alison Hudson, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Paper 1137-a	Digenis Akritis: The Byzantine Frontier Hero of Double Descent (Language: English) Burçin Erol, Department of English Language & Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Other
Paper 1137-b	Enemies of Christianity: The Performance of Racial and Spiritual Alterity, and Disability (Language: English) Helen Frances Smith, School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, University of Edinburgh Index terms: Art History - General, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Arts - Drama
Paper 1137-c	The Sultan of Babylon_: An Enemy Designed for Christianity (Language: English) Ali Belenlį, Department of English Language & Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Military History
Abstract	It is easy to locate various 'Empires' (both political and ideological) across time and space - forever rising and falling in an endless flux of power over the millennium that has been denoted 'medieval'. Existing in tandem with these various imperial regimes are inevitable 'enemies' - detractors, dissenters, troublemakers, and traitors. This strand will explore the concept of these 'enemies' in relation to different embodiments of Empire. The papers in this session will be focused on the examination of enemies in various literary and dramatic pieces, questioning the construction of these figures.