Non-FAU Project
Start date : 01.01.2021
End date : 31.12.2023
The project focuses on aspects of reception in the extant corpus of Marian and Magdalenian planctus from medieval Bohemia (2 in Latin; 4 in Old Czech; 1 in Middle High German). Linguistic and literary analyses aim to explore possible modes of reception of these texts by their historical audiences (such as private vs. communal reading or theatrical performance). In addition to systematic studies on topics such as planctus as a literary genre or the socio-cultural and performative contexts of the Bohemian corpus, all texts will be presented in new editions and, for the first time, in English translations.