ENGL200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chrétien De Troyes, A French Woman, Whistle Rymes
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Middle english: year 1066 and after; roughly 12th century and later. References to arthurian literature is prevalent she is using it to say something, with the concept of adding wisdom/something that is missing. Chretien de troyes a contemporary at the same time period as marie de france. A figure used in many types of writing: writing of history, advise to princes, legal claims, courtly romances, visionary/nostalgic narrative. Arthurian literature is still used and referenced today. His physical existence doesn"t matter, because no matter what his influence was so vast. More emphasis on emotions, specifically love/erotic love. For marie de france, concentration of female power. Texts are not static in the time period they were written in. They can be interpreted and applied to different time periods and contexts, and this adds to the text. The reader supplies significance from their own wisdom. Solipsism: the philosophical idea that only one"s own mind can be known to exist.
