Lewis, Liam
2023.
Rewilding with the cri in Medieval French texts: Yvain and Mélusine.
French Studies
77
(2)
, pp. 167-182.
10.1093/fs/knac272
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Abstract
Focusing on two medieval narratives about identity transformation, Yvain and Mélusine, this article explores areas of dialogue between medieval literary studies and current perspectives on sound and rewilding the environment. Sound studies have in recent times enabled a more expansive philosophical reflection on the intersections between language, ecology, and identity. This article uses a friction between philosophical perspectives on the French cri and ecological ‘acoustemology’ to illustrate such reflection. If, as contemporary ecologists suggest, rewilding is a process underscored by careful human management in order to restore landscapes back to a state of wilderness, the same can be said of moments of narrative transformation in medieval texts that are revealed through sound. How might such interpretations of texts offer ways of linking textual modes of rewilding to the transformation of human and nonhuman subjects? To conclude, the article suggests how listening to medieval texts, to their narrative pivots and the changes in the sounds they depict, modifies the way nonhuman identity is discussed in connection with medieval (and non-medieval) literature.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | English, Communication and Philosophy |
Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
ISSN: | 1468-2931 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 16 January 2025 |
Date of Acceptance: | 21 November 2021 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2025 16:02 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175245 |
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