Byzantium and the Modern Imagination : Patterns of the
Reception of Byzantium in Modern Culture

M 2018

Byzantium and the Modern Imagination : Patterns of the Reception of Byzantium in Modern Culture

KULHÁNKOVÁ, Markéta and Przemyslaw Tadeusz MARCINIAK

Basic information

Original name

Byzantium and the Modern Imagination : Patterns of the Reception of Byzantium in Modern Culture

Authors

KULHÁNKOVÁ, Markéta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Przemyslaw Tadeusz MARCINIAK (616 Poland)

Edition

2018

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Uspořádání konference

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00103729

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Byzantium; reception; literature; popular culture

Abstract

V originále

The imagery of Byzantium in popular discourse is a culturally and historically constructed notion. As has been noted, the very name “Byzantium” is both a retronym and an exonym, and scholars today very often insist on using a more proper description – “The Eastern Roman Empire.” Writers, playwrights, musicians, and politicians throughout centuries constructed their versions of Byzantium, which depended on local artistic or political needs. In many cases, these constructed versions had very little to do with the “historical” Byzantium. At the same time, academic discourse might – and did – influence the imagery of Byzantium in the popular imagination. During the conference, we would like to discuss these imaginary visions of Byzantium, including the intersections of popular and academic images of Byzantium. We also welcome papers dealing with the use (and abuse) of key events in Byzantine history (such as the Fall of City) and their reworkings in literature and culture. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - The reception of Byzantium in schoolbooks in Europe and beyond; - Byzantium for the young – Byzantium in children’s literature and games; - Literary reworkings of key events and personages in the history of Byzantium; - Byzantine Studies and its influence on the popular understanding of Byzantium; - The ways of popularising Byzantium; - Byzantium in the digital age; - Byzantium in popular culture (games, speculative fiction, TV series, films).

Links

MUNI/A/0916/2017, interní kód MU

Name: Zkoumání starověkých jazyků, jejich písemnictví a příslušných kultur, včetně jejich recepce – 2018 (Acronym: Staré jazyky, písemnictví, kultury)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

KULHÁNKOVÁ, Markéta and Przemyslaw Tadeusz MARCINIAK. Byzantium and the Modern Imagination : Patterns of the Reception of Byzantium in Modern Culture. 2018.

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KULHÁNKOVÁ, Markéta and Przemyslaw Tadeusz MARCINIAK. \textit{Byzantium and the Modern Imagination : Patterns of the Reception of Byzantium in Modern Culture}. 2018.

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