THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER: KNIGHTS AND FAIRIES OR ANIMUS AND ANIMA IN THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS
THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER: KNIGHTS AND FAIRIES OR ANIMUS AND ANIMA IN THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS
Author(s): Anca MagiruSubject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: knight; fairy; animus; anima
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore complex gender relationships in the medieval legends by focusing on the fairy women who live in the magic forest and who want to test and beguile the wandering knights as they ride in the forest. One question central to representations of gender in these texts is whether the knights or the fairies love more.
Journal: Journal of Research in Gender Studies
- Issue Year: 4/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1151-1160
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
