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Women, Empowerment and the Natural World in Medieval Literature 1200-1500 / EMILY PAYTON

Swansea University Author: EMILY PAYTON

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This thesis examines how Paganism's survival and its potential for women's empowerment are made visible through medieval literature’s depictions of the natural world in medieval literary texts. By focusing on texts such as those by Marie de France and the King Arthur legends and reading th...

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Published: Swansea 2023
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Master of Research
Degree name: MA by Research
Supervisor: McAvoy, Liz ; Magnani, Roberta
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62659
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Abstract: This thesis examines how Paganism's survival and its potential for women's empowerment are made visible through medieval literature’s depictions of the natural world in medieval literary texts. By focusing on texts such as those by Marie de France and the King Arthur legends and reading them within the framework. Including commentators such as Albrecht Classon, Sebastian Sobecki, Joan Cadden, Henrietta Leyser, Liz Herbert McAvoy and Luce Irigaray will suggest that through the treatment of ‘femininity’ in these works, we see the survival of Paganism through literary creativity. Ultimately, it will conclude that the texts become a lens through which to view the potential for female empowerment instead of the more prescriptive approaches exercised by the Christian Church.
Item Description: ORCiD identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1226-5607
Keywords: Literature, medieval, women, natural world, natural, world, empowerment, 1200-1500
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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