TY - JOUR
TI - Spleen and ideal. The concept of the fin’amor in Thomas’ Tristan
AU - Gorecka-Kalita, Joanna
TI - Spleen and ideal. The concept of the fin’amor in Thomas’ Tristan
AB - 
	The concept of fin’amor in Thomas’ Tristan is traditionally subject to two interpretations: either it is glorified as a religion, with lovers as its martyrs, or it is criticized within the framework of Christian principles. This paper proposes an alternative to such interpretative dichotomy: it attempts to prove that glorifying the fin’amor as an ideal does not mean idealizing the lovers. In fact, Thomas judges severely his characters not in the name of Christian religion but in the name of an entirely profane, yet highly spiritual ideal of courtly love. The lovers, although far from being its embodiment, still aspire and refer to it, suffering from their own imperfection. This tension is highlighted by the aesthetics of doubling characterizing Thomas’ writing.
VL - Volume 22 (2022)
IS - Volume 22, Issue 4
PY - 2022
SN - 1732-8705
C1 - 2084-3917
SP - 365
EP - 376
DO - 10.4467/20843917RC.22.033.16198
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/le-spleen-et-lideal-pour-une-relecture-de-la-finamor-dans-le-tristan-de-thomas-dangleterre
KW - Tristan and Isolde
KW - Thomas
KW - fin’amor (courtly love)
KW - imperfection
KW - ideal
KW - dualism