The Evolution of Marie de France's Lanval

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dc.contributor.authorBriscoe, Emma Caitlinen
dc.contributor.committeechairEska, Charlene M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberColaianne, Anthony J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGeorge, Diana L.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T08:00:58Zen
dc.date.available2015-09-29T08:00:58Zen
dc.date.issued2015-09-28en
dc.description.abstractSince the early fourteenth century, scholars, playwrights and screenplay writers have translated and reinterpreted Marie de France's Lanval. This lai in is the second most frequently translated throughout the medieval era and it continues to be reimagined and retold. All of the translations and reimagined renditions of the Lanval story have in common a strange tonality of otherworldly attraction, unusual gender dynamics, a curious new age aura, and elements of proto-feminism especially in terms of female agency, empowerment and eroticism. While some of these motifs seem to reflect more modern understandings of gender dynamics and conceptualizations of women, a critical analysis of Marie's original text in combination with an exploration of Celtic sources reveals that these motifs were always already present. These elements, stemming from Celtic oral traditions and finding their way across the often unnavigable barriers of time, culture, language, re-adaptation, and genre, establish Marie's Lanval as timeless.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:5741en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/56669en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectagencyen
dc.subjectempowermenten
dc.subjecteroticismen
dc.subjectbodytalken
dc.subjectMarie de Franceen
dc.subjectLanvalen
dc.titleThe Evolution of Marie de France's Lanvalen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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