Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In this new series of podcasts entitled On Love: De Amore with Brikena Ribaj, I explore the concept of courtly love in the European Middle Ages and how it is transmitted and (re-)interpreted in later literary works. Podcasts en-us Copyright 2009 Brikena Ribaj Brikena Ribaj briky24@gmail.com http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/ribaj1/BriTextLarge.jpg http://www.brikenaribaj.com 750 452 Heteronormativity and Performativity No Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Brikena Ribaj In this episode I discuss the commonalities of character and behavior various knight characters share, seemingly independently of one another, in various German medieval narratives. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:07:45 middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj In this piece I focus on Dante's Divine Comedy and how the author's own preferences emerge in the text. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Tue, 26 May 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:07:16 Dante, Divine Comedy, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj The point I attempt to make in this episode is that the medieval hero was not simply a product of destiny but also a creation of ability and individual works. I refer to Hartmann von Aue's Gregorius when arguing for my point. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 15 May 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:05:28 Parzival, German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj Many medieval characters are not inflected for gender in a number of narratives. Whether it's Parzival, a male, or his wife Condwiramurs, they are both depicted as beautiful, having red lips, and a number of gripping features as opposed to a man and woman. Why is it that the medievals didn't view/gaze upon gender the way modern readers might perhaps be conditioned to? Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 8 May 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:09:39 Parzival, German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj In this episode I talk about the concept of moderation and what it meant to strive for the blessed middle point. I mostly refer to Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 1 May 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:09:25 Nibelungenlied, German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj In this episode I speak about the anxiety of the order or knighthood. The character I focus on is that of Gahmuret from Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:10:56 Nibelungenlied, German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj In this new episode I provide a reading of Adventure 14 in the Nibelungenlied: The fight between Brunhild and Krimhild. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:12:47 Nibelungenlied, German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj In this third episode I provide an introduction into my research in the realm of the German Middle Ages and gender identity formation. I talk about Hildegard von Bingen's gender model and how she managed to create and work productively in the twelfth century. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:23:58 German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj This article is a Gender Theory-informed analysis of a thirteenth-century German text entitled der borte (The Belt). Der borte (1270-1290) was written by the little known, Dietrich von der Glezze and it deals with familial transgressions, perversions of knightly virtues, as well as same-sex physical encounters. This article has been accepted for publication by Neophilologus and will be available online as well as on paper very soon. Here is an audio version of it. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:27:29 German Middle Ages, Queer Theory, Knighthood, Dietrich von der Glezze, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity Brikena Ribaj The first podcast is a general introduction to the concept of love as "minne," the Middle High German word for courtly love, and "caritas/cupiditas/prima voglia" as Dante refers to it in his own work. The two authors I evoke in this first piece are Hartmann von Aue and Dante and their respective works to which I pay tribute are diu klage, Gregorius, Convivio, and the Divine Comedy. Brikena Ribaj http://www.brikenaribaj.com Fri, 5 Mar 2009 17:30:00 -0500 Podcasts no 00:09:58 Dante, Divine Comedy, love, middle ages, social construct, identity, sexuality, goethe, shakespeare, sartre, rilke, familial relationships, organic development of identity