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> >Subject: UPDATE: Reading and Writing as Gesture in Medieval >Literature (UK) (9/20/05, Leeds, 7/10/06-7/13/06) >From: [log in to unmask] > >Deadline extended to September 20th for the following seesion at the IMC >2006 at Leeds University, UK > >Reading and Writing as Gesture in Medieval Literature > > >The centrality of interaction between writer (as far as he/she inhabits a >text) and reader for the construction of textual meaning has long been >recognised. This session proposes to examine the ways in which medieval >writers conceive of their multiple roles as readers and writers of texts, >and how they position themselves in relation to their heterogeneous >audiences. Is it possible, today, to detect specific writerly gestures that >can be seen to constitute attempts to control readerly response to a given >text? What does this tell us about the medieval reception of texts that were >often only available in fragments or manuscripts stemming from unstable >textual lineages? What role do the differences between private, public and >silent reading play? What are the implications for our role as post-medieval >readers of medieval texts and writers of academic analyses? > > >I welcome proposals that address any of these questions or others that are >not listed here but conceive of reading and writing as gesture. > > >Information on the IMC can be found on their website: www.leeds.ac.uk/ims > > > >Please send proposals, including a short abstract as Word attachment, by >September 20th 2005 to > >Malte Urban, University of Wales, Aberystwyth >[log in to unmask] > ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Meghan McKinstry Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html