Medieval Latin Performative Representation: Re-evaluating the State-of-the-Art
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Medieval Latin Performative Representation : Re-evaluating the State-of-the-Art. / Petersen, Nils Holger.
In: European Medieval Drama, Vol. 23, 2020, p. 115-132.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Medieval Latin Performative Representation
T2 - Re-evaluating the State-of-the-Art
AU - Petersen, Nils Holger
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This article discusses the state-of-the-art of ‘liturgical drama’ scholarship focusing on the question of long-term historical narratives of what in scholarship has been subsumed under this (problematic) notion. This concerns historical continuities and changes from early simple Quem quaeritis ceremonies to more complex ceremonies in later centuries. The former were liturgical and without any need to think of them as dramas. By contrast, larger, complex ceremonies, appearing especially from the twelfth century onward, contain entertaining features pointing to drama in a modern sense. The anthropology-inspired scholarship of Clifford Flanigan several decades ago and a focus on changing understandings of the notion of a sacrament form the background for suggesting relevant types of such long-term narratives. They concern how liturgical enactments over the centuries were received, re-contextualised, and re-composed, often in quite new ways.
AB - This article discusses the state-of-the-art of ‘liturgical drama’ scholarship focusing on the question of long-term historical narratives of what in scholarship has been subsumed under this (problematic) notion. This concerns historical continuities and changes from early simple Quem quaeritis ceremonies to more complex ceremonies in later centuries. The former were liturgical and without any need to think of them as dramas. By contrast, larger, complex ceremonies, appearing especially from the twelfth century onward, contain entertaining features pointing to drama in a modern sense. The anthropology-inspired scholarship of Clifford Flanigan several decades ago and a focus on changing understandings of the notion of a sacrament form the background for suggesting relevant types of such long-term narratives. They concern how liturgical enactments over the centuries were received, re-contextualised, and re-composed, often in quite new ways.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - liturgical drama
KW - Visitatio sepulchri
KW - history of scholarship
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - liturgy
KW - sacrament
U2 - 10.1484/J.EMD.5.120693
DO - 10.1484/J.EMD.5.120693
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 115
EP - 132
JO - European Medieval Drama
JF - European Medieval Drama
SN - 1378-2274
ER -
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