Narcissus and Echo II: Entangling Transformations
Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference (Denver, October 25 - 28, 2001)
This panel is the second part of a two-panel session that considers how
the Narcissus and Echo myths concurrently inform Renaissance literary
texts. As with the first panel on Spenser's *Amoretti* and
*Epithalamion*, the interpretation and reconfiguration of Ovid's
entwined myth is the focus. The second panel, however, seeks to explore
the specifically dramatic expressions that complement the poetic
interpretations of the first panel. The two papers already included in
the second panel consider *Othello* and *The Two Noble Kinsmen*, and we
are looking for a third paper to investigate further the dramatic
manifestations of Narcissus and Echo. *Othello* 3.3 offers a verbal
echo that constitutes a narcissistic illusion for Othello; *The Two
Noble Kinsmen* 2.2 provides a kaleidoscopic complication of the Ovidian
version of the doubled myth, as Palamon, Arcite, and Emilia take turns
"acting out" the various roles. These two papers are linked by similar
concerns with how the Narcissus and Echo myths inform Renaissance
expressions of subjectivity or the "drama of the self."
We are soliciting abstracts and/or completed papers that examine the
operation of the entwined myths of Narcissus and Echo in English
Renaissance drama, specifically non-Shakespearean (i.e., *The Duchess of
Malfi*, though considerations of any non-Shakespearean plays would, of
course, be welcome). Some suggested topics are: mirrors or echoes as
symbolic reflections of theme; the use of visual and verbal repetition
as instructional; or the negotiation between classical and Christian
themes as complementary reflections/echoes of morality or society.
Expanded papers may be considered for publication in a possible book
collection on the subject of Narcissus and Echo in Early Modern English
Literature at a later date. Panel presentations are to be no more than
20 minutes in length. Completed papers and/or abstracts (250-300 words)
can be forwarded to
Lissa Beauchamp
beauchls@mcmaster.ca
Fax: (905) 777-8316
DEADLINE: Submissions must be received on or before Friday, September
21st, 2001.
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