Function and Representation of Women in Fourteenth-Century English Arthuriana
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Authors
West, Kaci Loran
Issue Date
2013-05-08
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
King Arthur , Gender Studies , Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages , Arthurian romances--Criticism, Textual , Arthurian romances--legends , Arthurian Studies , The Wife of Bath's Tale , Sir Launfal , Old English drama , England--14th century
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Abstract
Arthuriana is a plastic literary world, one that is easily manipulated and altered by an author’s social background and particular agenda, whether social, political, or religious. Thus, fourteenth-century English Arthurian texts reflect each author’s social milieu through the use and adaptation of tropes for both male and female characters. This thesis investigates the function and representation of female characters through Arthurian tropes in three fourteenth-century English Arthurian texts: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and Sir Launfal.
Description
A thesis submitted by Kaci West to the Graduate School Valdosta State University in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of the Arts in English in the department of English of the College of Arts and Sciences May 2013.