Warrior Women and the Shaping of Narrative in Medieval French Literature

<p><em>Warrior Women and the Shaping of Narrative in Medieval French Literature</em> focuses on the representation of women warriors in medieval French literature, but it is also concerned with contemporaneous historical accounts and texts. Additionally, it examines representations of the woman as warrior in a different medium, which is still narrative-based, showing the impact of illuminated manuscripts on visual culture. The study looks at a specific character in medieval French literature – the woman warrior – in order to see how her existence in a text contributes to its narrative shape and to the production of the text itself. Through close textual analysis and by using gender theory and historical methods to frame the question, the dissertation investigates the ways that the character of the warrior woman informs the text. Through the lens of gender theory, the dissertation examines the ways warrior women interact with arms and armor and occupy the space of the battlefield, which leads to shaping the narrative beyond the sum of its discrete elements.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

French

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Rychtarik, Sara

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Francesca Canadé Sautman

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Steven Kruger
• Sara McDougall

• French and Francophone Literature
• Medieval Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4690

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-5780