Original title:
Topos komnaty dámy ve středoanglickém veršovaném románu
Translated title:
The topos of the bower in Middle English verse romance
Authors:
Petříková, Klára ; Čermák, Jan (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee) Document type: Master’s theses
Year:
2006
Language:
eng Abstract:
[eng][cze] The space of the lady's bower is at the very heart of romance. It is in this emotional, most private of spaces that love, the main ingredient of the genre, finds its expression. This study will focus on the ways in which the bower is depicted in Middle English verse romances. It will concentrate on the typical romance topoi connected to this space, particularly in relation to the different facets of love as portrayed in the works of this genre. Inevitably, other related themes will be brought into the discussion; the role of the lady in romance is the most important of these. At the same time, the work will attempt to assess the place of the lady's bower in relation to the public, male sphere of the castle: the hall. Examples from Old English texts have been included in order to emphasize the contrast between Middle English romances and, in particular, to show the different contexts in which private space is to be found in the epic and romance genres. Rather than an exhaustive survey, it is selective in its scope, concentrating on a textual analysis of the romances in which both the typical scenes connected with the topic can be traced, together with those that are characteristic of the Middle English romances only. The work will focus in greater detail on two particular romances. The first of them, King...Prace vnima komnatu damy jako metaforu samotneho rytirskeho romanu, nebot laska, jez je jednim z klicovych temat tohoto zanru, nachazi sve vyjadreni prave v tomto intimnim prostoru vyhrazenem citum. Prostor komnaty je navic mozne chapat i jako jedno z temat, jez deli rytifsky roman od epiky, ze ktere tento zanr vyrusta. Prace se na svem pocatku zamefuje na to, jak je soukromy prostor vykreslen epikou, pro niz je typicke, ze v ustredi jejiho zajmu stoji verejny prostor dvorany jako samotneho centra hrdinskeho sveta. Intimnimu prostoru stojicfmu mimo dvoranu epika venuje jen malo mista aje prirozene vniman odlisne, nezjakje tomu u rytifskeho romanu. Nicmene i v epice je mozne najit nektere jeho zakladni rysy, ktere se pozdeji v odlisnem kontextu rytifskeho romanu stanou nezbytnou soucastf zapletky tohoto zanru. Intimni, soukromy prostor ma v epice podobu pribytku zeny, ktery stoji mimo prostoni dvorany. Kdyz se v epickem textu objevi, je mu venovana jen letma zminka a to, co se odehrava uvnitr, zustava skryto. Intimni prostor v epice je nejcasteji spojen s pfitornnosti zeny. Za jistych okolnosti muze poskytovat ochranu, ale zaroveii se vzdy jedna 0 prostor neheroickY. Vepickem svete ma dvorana ustredni vYznam jako misto, v nemz se nejen odehravaji tradicni ritualy hrdinskeho sveta, ale jez je zaroveii nutno...
Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses)
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Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository. Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/7426