Medievalists.net » fabliaux http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Snow Baby: A Cautionary Tale http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/22/the-snow-baby-a-cautionary-tale/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/22/the-snow-baby-a-cautionary-tale/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2015 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62704 Most of the time, fabliaux are lighthearted and lusty, but occasionally they stray into dark humour, like 'The Snow Baby'.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/22/the-snow-baby-a-cautionary-tale/feed/ 0 From Swifan to Swyved: Contemplating the Evolution of Medieval Double-Entendre Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/11/swifan-swyved-contemplating-evolution-medieval-double-entendre-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/11/swifan-swyved-contemplating-evolution-medieval-double-entendre-literature/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:35:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56082 Throughout history verbal jousts tested a participant’s creativity, knowledge, and mastery of language, thus catalyzing the evolution of so-called wisdom literature.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/11/swifan-swyved-contemplating-evolution-medieval-double-entendre-literature/feed/ 0 “Walkynge in the mede” : Chaucerian gardens and the recasting of the Edenic fall http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/21/walkynge-in-the-mede-chaucerian-gardens-and-the-recasting-of-the-edenic-fall/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/21/walkynge-in-the-mede-chaucerian-gardens-and-the-recasting-of-the-edenic-fall/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:20:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40682 In this thesis, I intend to illustrate how Chaucer uses his knowledge of garden traditions, both biblical and practical, to discuss the concept of the Garden of Eden and the Fall of humanity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/21/walkynge-in-the-mede-chaucerian-gardens-and-the-recasting-of-the-edenic-fall/feed/ 0 Contemplating the Evolution of Medieval Double-Entendre Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/contemplating-the-evolution-of-medieval-double-entendre-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/contemplating-the-evolution-of-medieval-double-entendre-literature/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:59:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39729 The linguistic composition of the Exeter Book Riddles supports this, and in fact, the genre became a refuge for contemporary colloquial speech which was seen as coarse and lower class within the ideologies of Christianity and Germanic heroism.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/contemplating-the-evolution-of-medieval-double-entendre-literature/feed/ 0 Triangles of the Sacred Sisterhood http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/triangles-of-the-sacred-sisterhood/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/triangles-of-the-sacred-sisterhood/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:19:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34937 In courtly works, the resolution is generally in favour of the status quo as a courtly adulterous affair rarely works out, while in the fabliau the marriage is generally left intact, although a deceitful wife may be given carte blanche to philander.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/triangles-of-the-sacred-sisterhood/feed/ 0 Men’s Words in Women’s Mouths: Why Misogynous Stereotypes are Humorous in the Old French Fabliaux http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/31/mens-words-in-womens-mouths-why-misogynous-stereotypes-are-humorous-in-the-old-french-fabliaux/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/31/mens-words-in-womens-mouths-why-misogynous-stereotypes-are-humorous-in-the-old-french-fabliaux/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:54:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34382 How can misogyny, or any such unabashed and unrepentant diatribe against women, be part of a genre which is largely considered to be comic?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/31/mens-words-in-womens-mouths-why-misogynous-stereotypes-are-humorous-in-the-old-french-fabliaux/feed/ 0 The Manuscript Context of the Middle Dutch Fabliaux http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/06/the-manuscript-context-of-the-middle-dutch-fabliaux/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/06/the-manuscript-context-of-the-middle-dutch-fabliaux/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:58:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27719 Busby’s conclusion with regard to Old French fabliaux might just as well apply to Middle Dutch tales: “Reading fabliaux in their manuscript context reveals an important aspect of their significance for early readers or listeners which would otherwise remain concealed."

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/06/the-manuscript-context-of-the-middle-dutch-fabliaux/feed/ 0 The Farce of the Fart – new book offers scandalous plays from medieval France http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/07/the-farce-of-the-fart-new-book-offers-scandalous-plays-from-medieval-france/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/07/the-farce-of-the-fart-new-book-offers-scandalous-plays-from-medieval-france/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:17:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26954 They were the sitcoms of their time –– lowbrow comedies that lampooned every serious topic, from sex and relationships to politics and religion

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/07/the-farce-of-the-fart-new-book-offers-scandalous-plays-from-medieval-france/feed/ 0 The Uses of Torture and Violence in the Fabliaux: When Comedy Crosses the Line http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/the-uses-of-torture-and-violence-in-the-fabliaux-when-comedy-crosses-the-line/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/the-uses-of-torture-and-violence-in-the-fabliaux-when-comedy-crosses-the-line/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:41:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26074 The Uses of Torture and Violence in the Fabliaux: When Comedy Crosses the Line Tracy, Larissa Florilegium, vol. 23.2 (2006) Abstract Comic violence is a device used in the Old French fabliaux to mete out just punishments, to castigate transgression, and to amuse a mixed audience for whom violence was all too common. Yet despite […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/the-uses-of-torture-and-violence-in-the-fabliaux-when-comedy-crosses-the-line/feed/ 0 The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/24/the-bad-behaviour-of-friars-and-women-in-medieval-catalan-fabliaux-and-chaucer%e2%80%99s-canterbury-tales/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/24/the-bad-behaviour-of-friars-and-women-in-medieval-catalan-fabliaux-and-chaucer%e2%80%99s-canterbury-tales/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:27:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25745 They perpetrate many deceptions in order to gain a sexual or monetary advantage over their victims and are portrayed as malicious mischief-makers and the protagonists of humorous and smutty stories. Women also feature in these either as deceived victims or as the perpetrators of deception, as they outwit their husbands in order to enjoy their own adulterous affairs.

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