Die Tradition der Widmung in der Neulateinischen Welt / The Tradition of Dedication in the Neo-Latin World
- Ort: Freiburg im Breisgau
- Beginn: 05.12.13
- Ende: 06.12.13
- Disziplinen: Literaturwissenschaft, Medien-/Kulturwissenschaft
- Sprachen: Italienisch, Sprachenübergreifend
The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies is organising a 2-day conference entitled 'The Tradition of Dedication in the Neo-Latin World', to be hosted on December 5-6, 2013 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Beginning with the seminal Seuils by Gérard Genette (1987), studies on the so-called paratext have experienced a wide dissemination in Europe, improving knowledge of the thus far neglected marginal aspects of the book. In this respect, it is worth mentioning the inter-university conference Strategie del testo. Preliminari, partizioni, pause, held in Brixen in 1988, and a congress on I dintorni del testo. Approcci alle periferie del libro, held in Rome and in Bologna in 2004. Paratexts relating to the dedication of literature in the early modern world have also become a important topic. Particularly relevant is the project of the University of Basel, called Archivio informatico dei testi di dedica nella tradizione italiana (AIDI) [http://www.margini.unibas.ch], which resulted in a congress held in Basel in 2002 (I margini del libro. Indagine teorica e storica sui testi di dedica). In the field of Neo-Latin studies, a congress held in the Academia Belgica in Rome (Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? Dedicating Latin works and motets in the sixteenth century; 2005) was devoted to dedication in Latin works in the sixteenth century. It marked a first and fundamental step, but much remains to be done in the field.
After almost ten years, this conference aims at reconsidering the issue of dedication in the Latin literature of the Early Modern period, with a focus on Germany and Italy. In order to fully understand the genesis of this practice, it is also important to look back to the ancient and medieval world. Moreover, the diglossic situation in 15th-18th centuries means that it is neither possible nor desirable to ignore dedication letters, poems, etc. in the vernacular languages. Papers on particular types of dedication, such as fictitious and facetious dedications, or autograph dedications in books and pamphlets are welcome, as well as studies treating the interactions between dedication and different literary genres. In order to understand how historical, social and cultural contexts influence dedications, they will also be analysed as privileged spaces of the author. The dedication letter will also be studied as a place for flattery, self-promotion, political and literary reflections, expression of autobiography and personal relationships. We are similarly interested in papers that illuminate the function of expressing consciousness of particular intellectual roles, especially in the age of Enlightenment, when the patronage of the nobility fell into crisis.
Programm
Donnerstag, 5. Dezember 2013
Aula der Universität Freiburg, KG I
(Platz der Universität 3, 79085 Freiburg)
16:00–17:00
Registrierung und Empfang
17:00–17:45
Leitvortrag: Karl Enenkel (Münster): Die neulateinische Dedikation: Ritual und Textautorisierung
17:45–18:30
Leitvortrag: Maria Antonietta Terzoli (Basel): Strategie di offerta e convenzioni dedicatorie nella tradizione italiana
Anschließend Diskussion zu den beiden Leitvorträgen
20:00
Gemeinsames Abendessen
Freitag, 6. Dezember 2013
Haus zur Lieben Hand
(Löwenstr. 16, 79098 Freiburg)
09:00–09:45
Leitvortrag: Marco Paoli (Lucca): L’incisione al servizio della dedica. Gli apparati decorativi nelle dediche dal Cinquecento al Settecento
Anschließend Diskussion zum Leitvortrag
Panel 1: Widmungen und Buchgeschichte
10:00–10:20
Robert Seidel (Frankfurt): Über die Legitimität von Widmungsschriften – Theorie und Praxis der Dedikation in frühneuzeitlichen Thesendrucken
10:20–10:40
Bernd Posselt (München): Die Archäologie des Paratextes in der Schedel‘schen Weltchronik und Hartmann Schedels Widmung an den Nürnberger Rat
10:40–11:00
Diskussion
11:00–11:20 Kaffeepause
Panel 2: Widmungsliteratur im Vergleich
11:20–11:40
Marianna Calabretta (Neapel): La tradizione della dedica nel mondo latino arcaico: il caso dei Praecepta ad Marcum filium di Catone
11:40–12:00
Dörthe Führer (Zürich): Widmungen in der mittellateinischen Literatur am Beispiel der Alexandreis
12:00–12:20
Vincenzo Vitale (Basel): Marche dinastiche nelle dediche dei poeti aragonesi
12:20–12:40 Diskussion
12:40–14:00 Mittagessen
Panel 3: Italienischer Humanismus
14:00–14:20
Hartmut Wulfram (Wien): Widmungsbrief und ‚Paratext‘ in Poggio Bracciolinis Epistulae ad Nicolaum Nicolum
14:20–14:40
Ágnes Máté (Warschau): «L’offitio di fedele traductore». Discorso sul volgarizzamento in due lettere dedicatorie indirizzate a Lorenzo de’ Medici
14:40–15:00
Tobias Dänzer (Würzburg): Polemik und Philosophie in Polizianos Charmides-Vorrede
15:00–15:20 Diskussion
15:20–15:40 Kaffeepause
Panel 4: Frühe Neuzeit
15:40–16:00
Patrick Hadley (Toronto): Nicodemus Frischlin's Aristophanes and the Lasting Influence of a Dedication
16:00–16:20
Sheldon Brammall (Innsbruck): Something to Write Home about: Lawrence Humphrey’s Dedications to England from Swiss Exile (1554–1560)
16:20–16:40
Ivana Bičak (Leeds): Flattery and Satire: The Playful Space of Neo-Latin Dedication in John Barclay’s Satyricon
16:40–17:00 Diskussion
17:00–17:45
Leitvortrag: Demmy Verbeke (Löwen):
Dedicatory Letters: History, Function and Form of a Genre
Schlussdiskussion und Verabschiedung
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