Solution: why Chaucer disagrees with the Franklin.
The marriage group of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is made up of four tales told by the Wife of Bath, Clerk, Merchant and Franklin. It is generally thought that The Franklin's Tale provides the solution to the debate over what makes a happy marriage because it is the last of the marriage tal...
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| author | Shila Naidu. |
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| description | The marriage group of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is made up of four tales told by the Wife of Bath, Clerk, Merchant and Franklin. It is generally thought that The Franklin's Tale provides the solution to the debate over what makes a happy marriage because it is the last of the marriage tales. What this essay will show is that Chaucer's solution is very different from the Franklin's solution of shared mastery between man and wife. Chaucer proposes a movement towards community and affinities instead by queering characters and marriages within The Canterbury Tales and creating the community of traveling pilgrims. A slightly more liberal and progressive side of this famous medieval poet will be seen in this paper. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/427832019-12-10T12:32:37Z Solution: why Chaucer disagrees with the Franklin. Shila Naidu. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Walter Philip Wadiak DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English The marriage group of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is made up of four tales told by the Wife of Bath, Clerk, Merchant and Franklin. It is generally thought that The Franklin's Tale provides the solution to the debate over what makes a happy marriage because it is the last of the marriage tales. What this essay will show is that Chaucer's solution is very different from the Franklin's solution of shared mastery between man and wife. Chaucer proposes a movement towards community and affinities instead by queering characters and marriages within The Canterbury Tales and creating the community of traveling pilgrims. A slightly more liberal and progressive side of this famous medieval poet will be seen in this paper. Bachelor of Arts 2011-01-11T03:59:41Z 2011-01-11T03:59:41Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42783 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf |
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