C LIT243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parsley
15 May 2018
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January 22, 2018
Parslinette
• Sensitive comparison of different versions of texts – Vellega’s copariso
o Literary fairytale of 17th century
o Conflicting messages
o Writing upon writing upon another writing
o Consumption by literary elite
• Sexual desire
o Parsley must have been extremely delectable, but also refers to erotic desire
o Erotic game – adult-audience
o Sexual love brings Parslinette and prince back together and mollifies the fairy
o Exploring world of erotic desire for both female and male partners
• Tone of reader
• Power and hierarchy structures
• Almost falls into two parts
1. Parets’ loe – female sexual desire represented by parsley
2. Parslinette and her prince
• Parsliette’s lack of koledge
o Female innocence
o Parsliette does’t ko pregacy due to isolatio
• If persistent, love results (but also root of trouble)
• Constrictions and limitations
• Price is alost ot really iportat i that he does’t hae a ae
• Rights to desire and forbidding desire
Orientalism
• Lot of contact between Europe and Middle East
• Defined lot of cultural scene in Europe
• Roots of tales very old
• The Thousand and One Nights did not refer to specific number
o Stories added as time went on
• Chorus of voices – cannot tell exact date
• European interest in everything Oriental
o Tales by travelers – in awe of them
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