IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1626: Pan-Continental Story Collections in a Comparative Perspective, II: The Seven Sages of Rome
Thursday 6 July 2023, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Bettina Bildhauer, School of Modern Languages - German, University of St Andrews |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Emilie van Opstall, Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies & Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Paper 1626-a | Domestic(ity) Matters: Morality Tales and Mirror for Princes in the Scottish Seven Sages of Rome (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Other |
| Paper 1626-b | Cross-Cultural Relationships and Crusade Ideologies in the French Continuations (Le Roman de Kanor) (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
| Paper 1626-c | A Male Victim's Story: Narrating Sexualised Violence in a German Version of the Seven Sages of Rome (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - German, Sexuality |
| Abstract | The Seven Sages of Rome, also known as Dolopathos or Book of Sindibad, with adaptations in at least 30 European, Middle Eastern, and Asian languages, is 'one of the most successful story matters of world literature' (Roth 2008) but now virtually unknown. This session presents recent research on this story matter, elucidates the generative potential of these traditions' story-matter across cultural contexts. The papers discuss versions and continuations in three languages (Scottish, French, and German), focusing on aspects of heterosexuality, domesticity, sexual violence, and cross-cultural relationships. |