《坎特伯利故事集》中的女性聲音

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Title:	《坎特伯利故事集》中的女性聲音
Other Titles:	Female Voice in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Authors:	趙美玲
Keywords:	Chaucer female voice The Canterbury Tales
Date:	2007-05-01
Issue Date:	2010-12-17 13:42:46 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	南華大學通識教學中心
Abstract:	In The Canterbury Tales, supposedly a collection of tales told by a group of pilgrims on their way to the Canterbury Cathedral, Geoffrey Chaucer tries to present a cross-section of the medieval society which is essentially male-dominated. In addition to the inclusion of members from the distinct social estates: the nobility, the clergy and the laborers, Chaucer allows three female pilgrims to take part in the story-telling competition. In most medieval male discourses, women are in inferior positions and are defined in their relations to men. They are either praised for their physical beauty or their virginity, or reviled as temptresses who could ruin men. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer takes the unprecedented action in experimenting with female voice. By giving striking personalities to the three female pilgrims/tale-tellers—namely the Wife of Bath, the Prioress, and the Second Nun—and by allowing them voice for self-representation, Chaucer challenges various discourses surrounding femininity. The inclusion of female voice not only shows women’s autonomy but also challenges and questions the legitimacy of male domination and female subordination.
Relation:	通識教育與跨域研究 1卷2期
Appears in Collections:	[The Journals of Nanhua University ] General education and transdisciplinary research [Center for General Education] General education and transdisciplinary research

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