MEDIEVAL LIVES
Saturday 5 February, 2011
Continue reading 24th Annual Medieval Workshop, University of Victoria
MEDIEVAL LIVES
Saturday 5 February, 2011
Continue reading 24th Annual Medieval Workshop, University of Victoria
Lay Reading, Lay Readers in the High Middle Ages
A Lecture Series at Green College
2011
Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, The Medieval Association of the Pacific, Green College, the Netherlands Studies Endowment of the Faculty of Arts
Continue reading Lay Reading, Lay Readers in the High Middle Ages: Green College, January-March 2011
(For graduate and upper-level undergraduate students.)
Continue reading News and CFP: Middle Eastern and Islamic Consortium of BC
January 12, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Dutch Design: The Case of the Thirteenth Century Arthurian Romance of Moriaen
Marjolein Hogenbirk, Instructor in Middle Dutch language and literature, Universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht
Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College, UBC
The Middle Dutch Romance of Moriaen is an intriguing text, and a challenge for scholars. Nothing is known about the audience of the romance, so the literary and historical background has to be reconstructed from the text itself and from circumstantial evidence from the Dutch and French traditions. The only extant version of the Moriaen was inserted in a 14th-century manuscript (The Lancelotcompilation, The Hague 129 A 10), containing ten Arthurian Romances. The compiler of this manuscript reworked the romances he inserted, and research has shown that his hand is also clearly visible in the Moriaen. The Romance of Moriaen has a remarkable main character: the first black titular hero of western literature. He is the 15-year-old Moriaen who comes to Arthur’s court to find his father and eventually becomes one of King Arthur’s best knights. In the original romance the father was Perceval, Chrétien’s grail hero whose quest is described as a failure, and so Moriaen should be interpreted in connection with Le Conte Graal. There are many epic elements in the romance, which makes it also a hybrid work.
http://www.greencollege.ubc.ca/whats_on/index/events328/2011-01.php
5.45-7.30 p.m. Music Library, Seminar Room: 4th floor, Music Building, 6361 Memorial Road.
***Directions from Buchanan Bldg***: Walk West along Memorial Rd, across Main Mall
Our next meeting will include a presentation by Marina Lushchenko and a session on manuscripts (Juliet O’Brien and Chantal Phan, with Kirsten Walsh).
CANCELLED–WEATHER–TRANSPOSED TO 13 JANUARY
6.00-7.30 p.m., Music Research Room.
Our next meeting will include a presentation by Marina Lushchenko and a session on manuscripts (Juliet O’Brien and Chantal Phan, with Kirsten Walsh).
Continue reading Next meeting: Thurs. 25 Nov. 2010 POSTPONED