Paul Megna, 'Medievalist Existentialism And Emotional Ethics' - a podcast by The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800)

Paul Megna is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, based at The University of Western Australia. He is currently researching the role of emotion role in medieval and medievalist drama. This seminar paper, 'Medievalist Existentialism and Emotional Ethics in Simone De Beauvoir's 'The Useless Mouths' (1944)' was delivered at The University of Western Australia on 25 November 2016. In the paper, Paul examines the ethical implications of decisions that are made within the play to expel parts of a fictional medieval Flemish community. He does this particularly in light of existentialist ideas about love, death, meaning, freedom and responsibility.

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