Les diaboliques du Perlesvaus ou les fantasmes de castration

• Authors: Joanna Gorecka-Kalita
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

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

Keywords

PL

Grail romance, Middle Ages, woman, phantasm, fantasy, violence, sexual desire, castration, devilry

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Romanica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2015

online

2016-06-02

Contributors

author

Joanna Gorecka-Kalita