IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1034: Metal Medievalism, I: A Conversation between Metal Studies and Medieval Studies
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Shamma Boyarin, Department of English, University of Victoria |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Shamma Boyarin, Department of English, University of Victoria |
| Paper 1034-a | French Black Metal and Medievalism: Borrowing from History, Literature, and Imagery to Create New Aesthetics (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Music |
| Paper 1034-b | The Weird and the Eerie in Central Europe: How Metal Shaped the Local Visions of the Middle Ages in Poland and the Czech Republic (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Music |
| Paper 1034-c | 'The land of the daybreak' : The Borders of Popular Medievalism and Medieval Reception in Nightwish's 'Amaranth' (Language: English) Index terms: Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Music |
| Abstract | Recently, there has been growing interest in 'metal medievalism' - the way metal music has used the Middle Ages as a source and inspiration for lyrical content, aesthetics, and even ideology. This panel aims at fostering conversation(s) between scholars who approach this subject from the perspective of Medieval Studies and those who come from the direction of Metal Studies. The aim of these conversations about 'Metal Medievalism' is to develop areas of collaboration and new directions for scholarship and pedagogy. |