IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1211: Rewriting in Byzantine and Medieval Culture
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | University of Cyprus |
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Organiser: | Stavroula Constantinou, Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia |
Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 1211-a | Rewriting Beauty in Byzantine Hagiography (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Greek |
Paper 1211-b | Eastern Stories Retold by Westerners: The Beginnings of Latin Hagiography (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin, Rhetoric |
Paper 1211-c | Venus Rewritten: Aesthetic Perceptions and Cultural Discourse in Byzantine Art (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies |
Abstract | Rewriting is a key process of Byzantine and medieval culture. For instance, Byzantine and medieval art and literature constantly quote, remake, reenact, revise, rework, retell, and renarrate earlier motifs and ideas, either Byzantine, medieval or ancient. Through rewriting, medieval authors and artists keep alive the past in an attempt to shape the present. This session addresses the issue of rewriting which is understood not as mere imitation, but as recreation, and as the aesthetics of Byzantine and medieval literature and art. |