IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 529: What Do We Assume?: New Thoughts on Old Misreadings of Anglo-Saxon Literature
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies, King's College London |
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| Organiser: | Hana Videen, Department of English, King's College London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Kathryn Maude, Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies, King's College London |
| Paper 529-a | 'When we pray ourselves then we speak with God and when we read then God speaks with us': Translation and Dialogue as Devotional Processes in the Vercelli Book (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities |
| Paper 529-b | Battle and Blood: Reconsidering the Depiction of Violence in Old English Poetry (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities |
| Paper 529-c | Rereading the Old English Orosius (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities |
| Abstract | Addressing the congress theme of 'renewal', this panel aims to reconsider old assumptions that inhibit new perspectives on Anglo-Saxon literature. How does the assumption that a translation is a product of a completed conversation influence our perspective on learning in Anglo-Saxon England? Is blood really an omnipresent symbol of violence in Old English poetry? How can we subvert traditional critical frameworks to better understand and appreciate the Old English Orosius beyond its political implications? This panel will shed new light on these literary misreadings. |