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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [M-R] KALAMAZOO 2008: CFP - Drama/Performance in Old English Lit Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:38:19 +0100 From: Mary Rambaran-Olm <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture My apologies for cross-posting. International Congress on Medieval Studies: Kalamazoo 2008 (May 8-11, 2008) Session Title: *Searching for Evidence of Drama and/or Performance in Old English Literature* The purpose of this session is to discuss dramatic evidence within Old English texts and/or innovative, theoretical approaches to search for dramatic literature within the Anglo-Saxon period. The fact is that many, earlier critics dismissed the idea that any evidence of drama in Old English texts existed. This traditional view to compare any potential evidence in Old English prose or poetry to literature from later periods, or by simply not searching for evidence of performance or dramatic literature within the Anglo-Saxon period has hindered our understanding of drama within the A-S period and our understanding of the development of drama, in general. Essentially, there is much evidence of drama and performance within Old English literature, and by not looking at dramatic texts within the Anglo-Saxon period on their own merits or within the context of understanding that dramatic literature contained prompters and signals within the texts that functioned to trigger audiences to participate and/or role-play, scholars are missing a critical area within medieval performance studies. This session will encourage scholars to evaluate and re-evaluate the language, themes and messages within Old English texts, which will allow for a better understanding of the development of performance and drama throughout the entire medieval period, and expand understanding of drama within the Anglo-Saxon period. As this session is being devoted to texts within the Anglo-Saxon period, papers should have some sort of connection with OE literature but analysis can include texts that may have been corrupted by OE (as is the case with some Latin texts), may have been influenced by OE texts and/or comparitive literature (synchronically), etc. Scholars at any level are welcome to submit abstracts. Please send proposals (approx. 300 words) or inquiries to me at: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> by September 10. Please feel free to forward this message to your departments, organizations etc. All the best, Mary R. ----------------------------------------------------- Mary Rambaran-Olm PhD Candidate and English Language Tutor, Department of English Language, University of Glasgow, 12 University Gardens GLASGOW, G12 8QQ www.dreamofrood.co.uk <http://www.dreamofrood.co.uk> ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/reed-l.html> http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/ => REED's home page http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/stage.html => our Web guide http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page