IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 210: Early Medieval Riddles, II: Arabic and Latin Riddles

Monday 4 July 2022, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	The Riddle Ages
Organisers:	Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Rachel Burns, Department of English, University College London
Paper 210-a	Making Sense: Gender and Riddling in Arabic Auto-Commentary (Language: English) Matthew Keegan, Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, New York Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Semitic, Rhetoric
Paper 210-b	Many Paths across Pale Fields: Repetition and Discernment in Boniface's Enigmata (Language: English) Amy Clark, English Department, University of California, Berkeley Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Literacy and Orality, Religious Life
Paper 210-c	Family Matters: Boniface and his Enigmatic Sisters (Language: English) Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Literacy and Orality, Theology, Women's Studies
Abstract	These three sessions explore the early medieval riddle tradition across a variety of languages, including Old English, Latin, and Arabic. Papers address early medieval riddles and riddling through a variety of perspectives and methodologies, including gender, thing theory, philosophy, material culture, comparative literature, and translation.