Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images : Culture, Society and Reception - - Books - De Gruyter - 9783111243566 - December 18, 2023
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Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images : Culture, Society and Reception

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This collection of essays focuses on the way blurred boundaries are represented in pre-modern texts and visual art and how they were received and perceived by their audiences: readers, listeners, and viewers. According to the current understanding that opposing cognitive categories that are so common in modern thinking do not apply to pre-modern mentalities, we argue that individuals in medieval and pre-modern societies did not necessarily consider sacred and secular, male and female, real and fictional, and opposing emotions as absolute dichotomies. The contributors to the present collection examine a wide range of cultural artifacts – literary texts, wall paintings, sculptures, jewelry, manuscript illustrations, and various objects as to what they reflect regarding the dominant perceptual system – the network of beliefs, worldviews, presumptions, values, and norms of viewing/reading/hearing different from modern epistemology strongly predicated on the binary nature of things and people.

The essays suggest that analyzing pre-modern cultural works of art or literature in light of reception theory can lead to a better understanding of how those cultural products influenced individuals and impacted their thoughts and actions.

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Released December 18, 2023
ISBN13 9783111243566
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 265
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   514 g

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