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- <p>Arthurian romances<strong> -- </strong>Criticism, Textual.</p> <p>Malory, Thomas,<strong> </strong>Sir,<strong> </strong>active 15th century.<strong> </strong>Morte d’Arthur -- Criticism, Textual.</p> <p>Gottfried,<strong> </strong>von Strassburg,<strong> </strong>active 13th century.<strong> </strong>Tristan -- Criticism, Textual.</p> <p>Gender in literature.</p> (1)
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- <p>Women -- Appalachian Region.</p> <p>Appalachian Region -- In literature.</p> (1)
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Scandalous Deception In The Castle: An Examination Of The Gender Performance Through The Bedtrick Trope In Arthurian Literature, Abby Louise Daniel
Scandalous Deception In The Castle: An Examination Of The Gender Performance Through The Bedtrick Trope In Arthurian Literature, Abby Louise Daniel
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The bedtrick – mistaken identity in a sexual encounter – is a comic motif employed by medieval, renaissance and modern storytellers. While modern readers tend to recognize this motif as (at best) a disturbing sexual escapade and (at worst) rape, the scholarship on mistaken identity in medieval literature still generally glosses over the bedtrick as a moment of comedy. My thesis examines the literary trope of the bedtrick through the critical lens of Judith Butler’s performativity theory, and the motives behind this form of deception and the modern implications. Furthermore, the bedtrick trope is explored in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur …
Why We Stay, Brittany Nicole Mcintyre
Why We Stay, Brittany Nicole Mcintyre
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Why we stay is a piece of Creative Non-Fiction, is a work that is heavily focused on region. The narrative takes up the life of a female Appalachian. The challenges of being an Appalachian woman raising a family are analyzed alongside such issues as domestic violence, family dysfunction, and mental illness. Because the piece is set in both rural and urban Appalachia, the issue of family is examined in terms of generational conflict and the strong bonds of a matriarch.
Examining The Theoretical Consequences Of A Post-Feminist Media Culture, Jedidiah N. Bailey
Examining The Theoretical Consequences Of A Post-Feminist Media Culture, Jedidiah N. Bailey
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Since the early 1990s, feminist scholars have declared that a post-feminist media culture has arisen throughout the Westernized world to attack the ideas and values promoted by feminists and the second-wave feminist movement that became established in the late 1960s and 70s. Consequently, this study is designed to gauge the influence that these media have in shaping the attitudes of young college women (in the 18-25 year old demographic) toward feminism and key women‟s rights issues. In order to better understand whether post-feminist media are able to detract support from the feminist movement, this study attempts to quantify the relationship …