
Morale finds East Slavic representations of hope in three disparate (chronologically) examples: high medieval chronicles, Dostoevskii's novels of the 19th century, and Tarkovskii's 20th-century films.
Morale finds East Slavic representations of hope in three disparate (chronologically) examples: high medieval chronicles, Dostoevskii's novels of the 19th century, and Tarkovskii's 20th-century films.
Galvez first reflects on how she views canonicity as a medievalist working in Old French and Old Occitan. Second, she explores how the mediality of medieval studies can help us convey to our students the relevance of French literature today. Finally, she synthesizes her points on French literary history and medieval studies to argue that scholars of different periods and methodologies can and ought to reinvest in a shared inheritance of global French.
This lecture draws on examples from English studies, medieval studies and the humanities, the three areas in which Lees conducts her work, to explore what the humanities in practice tell us about their potential at this critical juncture.
On "the inspiring resistance that the [Middle Ages] imposes on us, and the hermeneutic difficulty—maybe even the impossibility—of accessing medieval culture."