Les diaboliques du Perlesvaus ou les fantasmes de castration
The Doabolical of Perlesvaus or Fantasies of Castration
Author(s): Joanna Gorecka-KalitaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Grail romance; Middle Ages; woman; phantasm; fantasy; violence; sexual desire; castration; devilry
Summary/Abstract: The article investigates two mysterious feminine figures appearing in the 13th century Old French prose romance Le Haut Livre du Graal (Perlesvaus). Their ontological status, which remains uncertain until the end, gives them, along with the sexual violence and castration phantasms they incarnate, a highly troubling and uncanny aspect. The analysis highlights also the textual strategies used by the author in order to create such an effect.
Journal: Romanica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 15/2015
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 260-269
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French