IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 2102: Early Medieval Riddles, II

Organisers:	Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham
Paper 2102-a	The Riddle between the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds (Language: English) Maria Pia Ester Cristaldi, Faculty of Communication, Marmara University, Istanbul Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Theology
Paper 2102-b	The 10th-Century Riddles of Abū Abdallāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Mughallis: Poet to Bahāʾ al-Dawla' (Language: English) Alaric Hall, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Social History
Paper 2102-c	Controlling the Uncontrollable: Estrangement and Appropriation in the Nature Riddles of the Exeter Book (Language: English) Karin E. Olsen, Afdeling Engelse Taal en Cultuur, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Philosophy
Abstract	These sessions explore the early medieval riddle tradition across a variety of languages, including Arabic, Latin, and Old English. Papers address riddles and riddling through a variety of perspectives and methodologies, including critical theory (ecocriticism, thing theory, queer theory), linguistics, manuscript studies and comparative literature and religion.