Women of Words in Le Morte Darthur

The Autonomy of Speech in Malory’s Female Characters
Buch | Hardcover
XI, 203 Seiten
2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-34203-0 (ISBN)

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Women of Words in Le Morte Darthur - Siobhán M. Wyatt
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Offering a new reading of Malory's famed text, Le Morte Darthur, this book provides the first full-length survey of the alterations Malory made to female characters in his source texts. Through detailed comparisons with both Old French and Middle English material, Siobhán M. Wyatt discusses how Malory radically altered his French and English source texts to create a gendered pattern in the reliability of speech, depicting female discourse as valuable and truthful. Malory's authorial crafting indicates his preference for a certain "type" of female character: self-governing, opinionated, and strong. Simultaneously, the portrayal of this very readable "type" yields characterization. While late medieval court records indicate an increasingly negative attitude towards female speech and a tendency to punish vociferous women as "scolds," Malory makes the words of chiding damsels constructive. While his contemporary writers suppress the powers of magical women, Malory empowers his enchantress characters; while the authors of his French source texts accentuate Guinevere's flaws, Malory portrays her with sympathy.

Siobhán M. Wyatt received her PhD in Medieval Literature from the University of Cambridge, UK. She recently published an article in Arthuriana.

Introduction.- Chapter One: The Ill-speaking Woman and the Marriageable Lady.- Chapter Two: Magical and Miraculous Women.- Chapter Three: 'Whyle She Might Be Suffirde': Ladies In (Unrequited) Love.- Chapter Four: True Lovers and Adulterous Queens.- Conclusion. 

"Wyatt's work makes for an interesting and thought-provoking read, and will be informative for scholars of women and gender in Malory, as well as those with an interest in his use of Arthurian source material. It suggests other potentially fruitful areas of study for future scholars to explore and develop, including the effect of medium (letters, spoken word) on the female voice and construction of character in Arthurian literature." (Rebecca E. Lyons, Modern Language Review, Vol. 114 (3), July, 2019)

“Wyatt’s work makes for an interesting and thought-provoking read, and will be informative for scholars of women and gender in Malory, as well as those with an interest in his use of Arthurian source material. It suggests other potentially fruitful areas of study for future scholars to explore and develop, including the effect of medium (letters, spoken word) on the female voice and construction of character in Arthurian literature.” (Rebecca E. Lyons, Modern Language Review, Vol. 114 (3), July, 2019)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
Zusatzinfo XI, 203 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte British and Irish Literature • European Literature • Female Characters • Le Morte Darthur • Literature • Literature, Cultural and Media Studies • Malory • Medieval • Medieval Literature
ISBN-10 3-319-34203-7 / 3319342037
ISBN-13 978-3-319-34203-0 / 9783319342030
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