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Chaucer’s Arthuriana
Posted on March 18, 2013 | No CommentsThe majority of medieval scholars, including Roger Sherman Loomis, argue that the popularity of the Arthurian legend in England was therefore on the wane in the latter half of the fourteenth century; as a result, the major writers of the period, such as John Gower and Geoffrey Chaucer, refrained from penning anything beyond the occasional reference to King Arthur and his court. -
Oh, for Shame: Public Perception and Punishment in Chretien’s Cliges
Posted on February 9, 2013 | No CommentsTo develop this argument, a basic understanding of medieval society's conventions is necessary in order to outline the parameters of this honor/shame culture. -
Looking Back: Medieval French Romance and the Dynamics of Seeing
Posted on December 24, 2012 | No CommentsThis dissertation builds upon the work of feminist medievalists and other literary and cultural scholars to argue that sight, and objects that are seen, articulate love relationships between characters in medieval romances, and that seeing is frequently a locus of resistance to gender norms the texts both establish and refuse to accept. -
Women and Their Fathers in Three French Medieval Literary Works
Posted on June 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe significance of fathers with regard to their adult daughters seems to be composed of two dominant facets: protection and oppression. -
The Medical Zeitgeist in Chrétien de Troyes’ Cligès
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsWhile reading Medieval texts, we often times discover special concoctions made of various ingredients in order to cure certain diseases and illnesses. -
Healing Leaves
Posted on December 27, 2011 | No CommentsMedieval French literature provides the modern researcher with references to the healing arts in many passages that are incorporated into prose or poetic works. -
Women Characters in Arthurian Literature
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe main issue, then, is how Arthurian women characters have been portrayed throughout the centuries and the reasons for those particular ways of portrayal. -
Bounds of Imagination:Grail Questing and Chivalric Colonizing in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
Posted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsBounds of Imagination:Grail Questing and Chivalric Colonizing in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival Hasty, Will The Grail, the Quest and the World of Arthur, ed. Norris J. Lacy (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2008) Abstract... -
The Setting of the Tournament in Chrétien de Troyes and its Historical Actuality
Posted on May 22, 2011 | No CommentsThe Setting of the Tournament in Chrétien de Troyes and its Historical Actuality By Tiago Viúla de Faria Medievalista on line, vol.1 (2005) Introduction: The way medieval tournaments became influenced... -
The Influence of Marie de France and Chretien de Troyes in Medieval Romance and Story-Telling
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe Influence of Marie de France and Chretien de Troyes in Medieval Romance and Story-Telling By Patricia Green Published Online (2005) Introduction: Teaching medieval literature and history to high school... -
Chartrian Influence and German Reception: Dating the Works of Chrétien de Troyes
Posted on March 8, 2011 | No CommentsChartrian Influence and German Reception: Dating the Works of Chrétien de Troyes Carey, Stephen M. Arthuriana 20.3 (2010) Abstract By examining the triangular relationship between the works of Chrétien de Troyes,... -
Orgeluse and the Trial for Rape at the Court of King Arthur: Parzival 521, 19 to 529, 16
Posted on March 7, 2011 | No CommentsOrgeluse and the Trial for Rape at the Court of King Arthur: Parzival 521, 19 to 529, 16 Westphal-Wihl, Sarah Arthuriana 20.3 (2010) Abstract The rape in book ten of Wolfram’s...