Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature

Zusammenfassung In this wide-ranging study of Old French and Occitan literature! Simon Gaunt draws on contemporary feminist theory to examine how masculinity! as well as femininity! is constructed in these texts! and shows the crucial role of gender in the formation of the ideologies that underpin medieval literary genres. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Monologic masculinity: the chanson de geste; 2. The knight meets his match: romance; 3. Troubadours, ladies and language: the canso; 4. Saints, sex and community: hagiography; 5. Genitals, gender and mobility: the fabliaux.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Gaunt, Simon (University of Cambridge) Gaunt
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Sheringham (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.05.1995
• EAN: 9780521464949
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46494-9
• Pagine: 384
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in French
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata