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IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 1346: Debates in Medieval French Literature, II: Translation and Adaptation

Wednesday 5 July 2023, 16.30-18.00

Organiser:Elizabeth L'Estrange, Department of History of Art, University of Birminham
Moderator/Chair:Emma Cayley, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter
Paper 1346-aThe Eye and the Heart: From Middle French to Middle English
(Language: English)
Olivia Robinson, Département des langues et littératures, Université de Fribourg
Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1346-bSticky Wickets of Translating La Belle Dame sans Mercy
(Language: English)
Joan E. McRae, Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Middle Tennessee State University
Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1346-cCompeting Voices: Anne de Graville's Adaptation of the Belle Dame sans Mercy, c. 1525
(Language: English)
Elizabeth L'Estrange, Department of History of Art, University of Birminham
Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

This second session of two exploring debates in medieval French literature considers the way that various kinds of debates or querelles were translated and adapted within and beyond medieval French. Focusing in particular on lesser known works and authors, the session also explores how study of the manuscript contexts of these works help to elicit the kinds of networks of readers and audiences that these texts drew on and created.