IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 1541: Textual Thingness, I: The Materiality of What Is Written

Organiser:	Sophie Marshall, Institut für Germanistische Literaturwissenschaft, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Moderator/Chair:	Gabriele Schichta, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit (IZMF), Universität Salzburg
Paper 1541-a	On the Relationship between Writing, Materiality, and Space: Objects and Text in Reinfrid von Braunschweig (Language: English) Romana Kaske, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Index terms: Anthropology, Language and Literature - German
Paper 1541-b	Dubious Actions Coming to Light: On the Interconnectivity of Inscriptions and Their Materiality (Language: English) Florian Nieser, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen Index terms: Anthropology, Language and Literature - German
Paper 1541-c	Text as Thing: The Dog Lead in Der Jüngere Titurel (Language: English) Tamara Elsner, Institut für Germanistische Literaturwissenschaft, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Index terms: Anthropology, Language and Literature - German
Abstract	In what way can we conceptualize texts as objects? This panel focuses on letters, books, epitaphs etc. as objects in premodern German narratives. The three talks revolve around the important role of the materiality of these objects.