Dear colleagues,
Many of you will already have received information about this call for
papers, but as many of you may have missed it, and given the relevance and
interest of the theme, I am forwarding it to the list. Please forgive me for
any duplication of this message.
George
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Kalamazoo 2001 Call for Papers
Devout Listeners: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Audience
The proper understanding of a medieval text (treatise, sermon,
devotional piece) could be a matter of life and death not only for
its author but for its audiences. Modern scholars often focus on
authorial intention or official response in considering medieval
religious texts, particularly those whose orthodoxy may be at issue;
this session hopes to attract papers that consider what we can
understand about audiences' response to and responsibility for the
material they heard and read. Topics could include the issue of
mixed audiences (how different groups might have understood a given text);
the question of lay responsibility for detecting heretical material;
manuscripts that preserve both "heterodox" and "orthodox" texts; and so
forth.
Questions or abstracts before Sept. 15 by e-mail, post, carrier
pigeon, etc., to
Claire M. Waters
Department of English
Humanities Building 215
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1106
(505) 277-2345
Fax: (505) 277-5573
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