EN 4113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Guigemar, Courtly Love, Misogyny
1 Dec 2016
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Theory will be introduced by the literature that inspired its development. 12th-18th century, few women were literate- upper class or religious (if they were) Ezell contends that new feminist literary history that sees women"s literature as a. Coherent, if still incomplete narrative of female literary history, which describes the evolutionary stages of women"s writing during the last 250 years (852- is prejudiced on many counts . Women"s writing is a sign of alliteration; therefore writing from the 1700s proves the historical progress from women"s literation. Ezell questions the assumption that women before 1700 were silenced or constituted in an evolutionary model of female literature" imitative" phase, contained and co-opted in patriarchal discourse . Adultery as a prevalent theme during this time. In all narratives, it is consistent that adultery is a sin- but under certain circumstances, it can be forgiven. Courtly love had an overt function and reflected a covert (disguising reality) encouraging trouble.
