Papers available on line for AAASS Igor′ Tale Panel

[David J. Birnbaum]

Dear Colleagues,

The papers for the following panel have been published on line at
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/2009_aaass/igor.html so that those who
are interested can read them before attending the panel.

Sincerely,

David
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What Textual Criticism and Linguistic Analysis Tell Us about the Origin of
the Igor′ Tale

Session 14-30 (Roundtable) Northeastern Room, Sunday, 2009-11-15, 10:00
A.M.–11:45 A.M.

Chair: David J. Birnbaum, University of Pittsburgh

Panel abstract: Opinions about the dating of the Igor′ Tale tend to reflect
the professional specializations of their proponents, which often results in
conversations that run at cross-purposes. In particular, while recent
textual criticism supports the priority of the Zadonščina (e.g., Zimin) or
the Igor′ Tale’s contemporaneity with that fifteenth-century text (e.g.,
Bobrov, Šibaev), recent linguistic argumentation (e.g., Zaliznjak, Strakhov)
supports the twelfth-century origin of the Igor′ Tale. This panel presents
fresh overviews and reappraisals of the textological and linguistic
arguments in light of recent scholarship. Our goal is, of course, not to
resolve these perplexities (which are likely not resolvable), but to draw
attention to them and provide them with some context.

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