The Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication of Universitat de València hosts, from 19 to 21 November, the international colloquium of the Hispanic Assosiation of Medieval Literature that, in this occasion, will analyse literature and fiction in Middle Ages under the heading “estorias, aventuras y poesía”. The opening plenary will be in charge of María Jesús Lacarra, from University of Zaragoza, who will talk about the life and history of king Apollonius, at 11:30.
Over 50 international communications of experts, arriving from the universities of Geneva, Freiburg, Wisconsin-Madison, Coimbra, Buenos Aires, Autonomous National of Mexico, Western Ontario-Canada or Rome, among others, will be developed throughouth the three days the congress lasts. There will also participate researchers of Spanish universities as Zaragoza, Santiago de Compostela, Murcia, UNED, Castilla-La Mancha, Complutense of Madrid and València.
Along the congress it will be studied the work and other literary contributions of capital medieval authors such as Ausiàs March, Joan Roís de Corella, Feliciano de Silva, Jacobo Zadique de Uclés or Hernando de Talavera; as well as address the different topics on art, music, history and literature of the epoch.
Plenary lectures
The second plenary lecture will be carried out at 13:00 on Thursday 20 November, under the heading “Medieval stories and fictions in 16th century press”, and will be given by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, also from University of Zaragoza. The same day, at 20:00, the conference will be closed with the talk of Eukene Lacarra, from University of País Vasco, who will deal the “Influence about the ‘Triunfo de las donas’ in the treatys about the superiority of female sex in 16th, 17th and 18th centuries”.
On Friday 21 November, Fernando Gómez Redondo, from University of Alcalá de Henares, will reflect on “Theory and practice of medieval fiction: reception of Boccaccian ideas” at 13:00; and the closing plenary session will be in charge of Juan Paredes, from the University of Granada, at 17: 30, who will discuss “The speech of the look. Images of the female body in the medieval lyrical: between ideal and parody”.
Universitat de València is the organiser of this international colloquium, through the Professors Rafael Beltrán, José Luis Canet and Marta Haro Cortés, and has the support of the Department of Spanish of Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication of this university, the Hispanic Association of Medieval Literature (AHLM), the Parnaseo Project FF12011-25429 of Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and Conselleria d’Educació, Cultura y Deporte of the Valencian government.
International AHLM Colloquium Programme
Last update: 18 de november de 2014 11:35.
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