Michel Jeanneret, Timothy Hampton, and Cécile Alduy on Rabelais: What's Next? A Workshop on New Approaches to Early Modern Studies
Room
Speakers): Michel Jeanneret, Timothy Hampton, and Cécile Alduy
Workshop format: three 20-minute presentations, followed by an hour of discussion.
Light refreshments will be
served.
PROGRAM:
Michel
Jeanneret
(Université de Genève)
"Rabelais
and Proxemics"
Professor Jeanneret has worked for many years as a professor
of French Literature at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, head
of the Department of French and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of
Letters. His work is devoted mostly to the literature and
culture of the Renaissance, particularly on Rabelais and the
problem of interpretation in that period.
Timothy Hampton (UC Berkeley)
"'Comment a nom': Humanism and Literary
Knowledge in Auerbach and
Rabelais"
Professor Hampton's research interests include the
relationship between literature and politics, the philosophy of
history, and the transmission of culture in the
Renaissance and early modern periods. He is currently working on
three projects: a book about Rabelais, a study of
Montaigne's 'Essays,' and research project
on Jazz in modern France.
Cécile Alduy (ý
University)
"'J’entens…
mais quoy?' Style and Cognition in
Rabelais”
Professor
Alduy's work focuses on 16th-century poetry and poetics
(Scève, Ronsard, Labé) and the hermeneutics of literary
forms. Working at the intersection of cultural history
and literature, she is currently investigating two book
projects:The Anatomy of Literature. The Body
and Its Interpretation in Early Modern France; which
taps into cognitive theory, semiotics, and the history of medicine
to renew our understanding of Rabelais, Montaigne, or lyric poetry;
andArchaeology of a Close-Up: The "Blasons
anatomiques" and the Prehistory of
Obscenity.
Discussion, moderated by Joshua
Landy(ý)
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Contact:Michael Wyatt (ganymede [at] stanford.edu (ganymede[at]stanford[dot]edu))
or Cici Malik (cjmalik [at] stanford.edu (cjmalik[at]stanford[dot]edu))
co-sponsored by:
The
Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
(CMEMS)
Renaissances, a
focal group of the DLCL
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