ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Chivalric Romance, Francis I Of France, Her Private Life
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Eng150y1 lecture 37 madame lafayette: the princess of cl ves. Setting: historical world that impinges on words. Celebrated novel; readers can debate its merits. Chartres, young: 15, mostly 16 throughout the novel: she s going from a period of life from great innocence to difficult social structures (when she marries. Prince cl ves: novel plays on chivalric romance. It takes cr as a template, but simultaneously moves away from it. The novel turns cr into something else, while diverging the plot line: novel: how to deal with private and public through social meaning. 17th century there s a focus on managing status, identity. In this period reached a certain culture where women have access to education, writing tools, and social cach that ll allow them to produce texts for the society. Lafayette elevates the status of a female writer of novels to a much more valued status.
