IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 326: Networks and Entanglements of Border Identities, III: Arthurian Imaginings

Monday 3 July 2023, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Medieval & Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol
Organisers:	Emma Knowles, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge Jan Shaw, Department of English, University of Sydney
Moderator/Chair:	Samuel Cardwell, Centre for Medieval Studies University of Toronto
Paper 326-a	Cutting Guenevere Adrift: Located Men and Dislocated Women in Malory's Morte Darthur (Language: English) Jan Shaw, Department of English, University of Sydney Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Women's Studies
Paper 326-b	Merlin in the Middle: Place, Time, and Text in Layamon's Brut (Language: English) Jordan Church, School of Art, Communication & English, University of Sydney Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - French or Occitan
Paper 326-c	The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up: Age and Masculinity in Ystoria Gereint uab Erbin (Language: English) Eleanor Smith, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Celtic
Abstract	This panel considers centre and periphery entanglements in identity formation. It focusses on border identities and how they navigate and resist dominant narratives from the centre. It asks questions about the imperatives of belonging and the negotiation of difference. These questions are considered within the context of Arthurian literature and the wider political implications of its cross-border manuscript production.