372. Laughter
Friday, 9 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 12, VCC East
Program arranged by the Division on Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Presiding: Hélène Bilis, Wellesley Coll.
1. "Laughing with the Saints: Bossuet, Comedy, and the Last Laugh," Christopher Semk, Yale Univ.
2. "Must Laughter Have Directionality? Molière's Woman Problem," Nicholas D. Paige, Univ. of California, Berkeley
3. "Rires et châtiments: Sganarelle ou le Dom Juan imaginaire," Eric Turcat, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
Laughter: The expression, literary and physical, of le rire; its variations and gradations; its gestures and sounds, its character types and genres—not limited to theater.
450. Marking Time in Seventeenth-Century France
Saturday, 10 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 14, VCC East
Program arranged by the Division on Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Presiding: Claire B. Goldstein, Univ. of California, Davis
1. "Prioritizing Royal Time during the Franco-Dutch War and the War of Reunions: From Public Conquest to Private Leisure," Alison Calhoun, Indiana Univ., Bloomington
2. "Stilled Lives: The Art of History," Harriet Stone, Washington Univ. in St. Louis
3. "Historicité, Performance, Transmission," Sylvaine Guyot, Harvard Univ.
Responding: Claire B. Goldstein
For abstracts, write to cbgoldstein@ucdavis.edu.
Marking Time in 17th-C France: Perceptions, organizations, structures and uses of time. Reflections on nostalgia, temporal ruptures, royal timing, commemorating the 300th anniversary of Louis XIV’s death.
705. Pilgrimage
Sunday, 11 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., 18, VCC East
Program arranged by the Division on Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Presiding: Allison Stedman, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte
1. "Pilgrims for Love: Is There Religious Devotion in This Play?" Perry J. Gethner, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
2. "The Destination Is the Journey: Representations of Christian Martyrdom on the Secular Parisian Stage in the 1630s–1640s," Ana Conboy, Boston Coll.
3. "The Pilgrim's Body: Holy Land Pilgrimage as Embodied Experience," Katherine Dauge-Roth, Bowdoin Coll.
Pilgrimage: Exploring the act of undertaking journeys of moral or
spiritual significance, travel to places of special meaning, quests assumed for votive purposes, and/or metaphorical journeys into one’s own beliefs.