TODAY'S TREND TOWARD POPULARIZATION in language programs, a trend which found its momentum in... more TODAY'S TREND TOWARD POPULARIZATION in language programs, a trend which found its momentum in the audio-lingual and realia concepts of the 1960s, enjoys ever-widening realms of expression and justification in pedagogical circles. It may well be, as suggested in a recent article, that the integration of "small c" culture into more traditional areas of language study has become "totally legitimized and even preferred" (Knox, 426). Nowhere does this trend appear more evident than in the use of French songs in the classroom. In the past two decades the number of pages devoted to the exploitation of the genre has increased in direct response to its growing role in language, literature, and culture courses. As well as reflecting concerns for culturally-accurate materials and for entertainment value, popular songs parallel French culture in all of its moments and moods.
While it has rarely been the object of scholarly research, music was an integral part of French m... more While it has rarely been the object of scholarly research, music was an integral part of French mystery plays of the late medieval era. This study focuses on three similarly-constructed French hagiographic plays to compare and contrast their instrumental, vocal and diabolic musical components. In both the Mystery of Saint Martin by Andre de La Vigne and the Jeu de saint Estienne pape et martire by Nicolas Loupvent, music not only accompanied but contributed to the narrative and to the pacing of the performance. The Mystery of Saint Lawrence, however, focuses only minimal attention to its music.
Depuis les annees 80, des specialistes du theâtre medieval parlent d’une variete de types de manu... more Depuis les annees 80, des specialistes du theâtre medieval parlent d’une variete de types de manuscrits relatifs a la mise en scene des mysteres en France. Deux typologies en particulier demontrent la difficulte de repartir des textes dits ‘originaux’ de ceux qui auraient ete remanies en vue d’une nouvelle mise en scene comme de ceux qui seraient commemoratifs. Cette etude propose de revoir le classement de trois mysteres que ces typologies avaient decrits en incorporant le systeme de signes non textuels qui est propre a chacun des copies manuscrites qui nous sont parvenues. Ces signes nous permettent de proposer une distinction plus nuancee entre des copies commemoratives qui ont ete creees en souvenir d’une mise en scene singuliere et des copies tout aussi commemoratives mais d’inspiration ritualiste.
Page 1. THE FEAR OF HELL Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe PIERO CAMPORESI... more Page 1. THE FEAR OF HELL Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe PIERO CAMPORESI Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. In this exciting new work, Piero Camporesi turns his attention to two of the most powerful images in Christianity: hell and the eucharist. ...
Two separate typologies, the first by Graham Runnalls and the second by the team of Elisabeth Lal... more Two separate typologies, the first by Graham Runnalls and the second by the team of Elisabeth Lalou and Darwin Smith, have catalogued the various utilizations that French mystery play manuscripts might exemplify. In both typologies distinctions are drawn between what may be termed pre- and post-performance types.1 Pre-performance texts include what has traditionally been called the "original" or fair copy. Reproducing the spoken text in its entirety, this was the written version of the play around which the theatrical production itself would have been built. From that copy or copies other pre-performance guides were likely produced: (1) an 'abrege', or abbreviated text, to be used by the play's supervisor(s);2 (2) the actors' 'rolets' (rolled individual scripts); (3) any identifying 'panneaux' (placards) that might have been required for the staging; (4) any manuals that listed characters and actors; (5) and, perhaps, a 'livre de secrets...
TODAY'S TREND TOWARD POPULARIZATION in language programs, a trend which found its momentum in... more TODAY'S TREND TOWARD POPULARIZATION in language programs, a trend which found its momentum in the audio-lingual and realia concepts of the 1960s, enjoys ever-widening realms of expression and justification in pedagogical circles. It may well be, as suggested in a recent article, that the integration of "small c" culture into more traditional areas of language study has become "totally legitimized and even preferred" (Knox, 426). Nowhere does this trend appear more evident than in the use of French songs in the classroom. In the past two decades the number of pages devoted to the exploitation of the genre has increased in direct response to its growing role in language, literature, and culture courses. As well as reflecting concerns for culturally-accurate materials and for entertainment value, popular songs parallel French culture in all of its moments and moods.
While it has rarely been the object of scholarly research, music was an integral part of French m... more While it has rarely been the object of scholarly research, music was an integral part of French mystery plays of the late medieval era. This study focuses on three similarly-constructed French hagiographic plays to compare and contrast their instrumental, vocal and diabolic musical components. In both the Mystery of Saint Martin by Andre de La Vigne and the Jeu de saint Estienne pape et martire by Nicolas Loupvent, music not only accompanied but contributed to the narrative and to the pacing of the performance. The Mystery of Saint Lawrence, however, focuses only minimal attention to its music.
Depuis les annees 80, des specialistes du theâtre medieval parlent d’une variete de types de manu... more Depuis les annees 80, des specialistes du theâtre medieval parlent d’une variete de types de manuscrits relatifs a la mise en scene des mysteres en France. Deux typologies en particulier demontrent la difficulte de repartir des textes dits ‘originaux’ de ceux qui auraient ete remanies en vue d’une nouvelle mise en scene comme de ceux qui seraient commemoratifs. Cette etude propose de revoir le classement de trois mysteres que ces typologies avaient decrits en incorporant le systeme de signes non textuels qui est propre a chacun des copies manuscrites qui nous sont parvenues. Ces signes nous permettent de proposer une distinction plus nuancee entre des copies commemoratives qui ont ete creees en souvenir d’une mise en scene singuliere et des copies tout aussi commemoratives mais d’inspiration ritualiste.
Page 1. THE FEAR OF HELL Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe PIERO CAMPORESI... more Page 1. THE FEAR OF HELL Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe PIERO CAMPORESI Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. In this exciting new work, Piero Camporesi turns his attention to two of the most powerful images in Christianity: hell and the eucharist. ...
Two separate typologies, the first by Graham Runnalls and the second by the team of Elisabeth Lal... more Two separate typologies, the first by Graham Runnalls and the second by the team of Elisabeth Lalou and Darwin Smith, have catalogued the various utilizations that French mystery play manuscripts might exemplify. In both typologies distinctions are drawn between what may be termed pre- and post-performance types.1 Pre-performance texts include what has traditionally been called the "original" or fair copy. Reproducing the spoken text in its entirety, this was the written version of the play around which the theatrical production itself would have been built. From that copy or copies other pre-performance guides were likely produced: (1) an 'abrege', or abbreviated text, to be used by the play's supervisor(s);2 (2) the actors' 'rolets' (rolled individual scripts); (3) any identifying 'panneaux' (placards) that might have been required for the staging; (4) any manuals that listed characters and actors; (5) and, perhaps, a 'livre de secrets...
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