Les diaboliques du Perlesvaus ou les fantasmes de castration

Joanna Gorecka-Kalita

Titles

Les diaboliques du Perlesvaus ou les fantasmes de castration

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

Keywords

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

References

Information

Information: Romanica Cracoviensia, Tom 15 (2015), Volume 15, Issue 4, pp. 260 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20843917RC.15.019.4286

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Les diaboliques du Perlesvaus ou les fantasmes de castration

English:

Les diaboliques du Perlesvaus ou les fantasmes de castration

Authors

Joanna Gorecka-Kalita

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0674-9146

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 22.12.2015

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Joanna Gorecka-Kalita (Author) - 100%

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