Kreacja androgynicznej kobiety-rycerza w „Tredici canti del Floridoro” Moderaty Fonte
Creation of an androgynous female knight in “Tredici canti del Floridoro” by Moderata Fonte
Author(s): Zuzanna HanuszewiczSubject(s): Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Italian literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: androgyny; female knight; Risamante; Moderata Fonte; “Tredici canti del Floridoro”; Italian cinquecento; protofeminism
Summary/Abstract: The author of the article analyzes how Moderata Fonte characterised Risamante as an androgynous female knight in Tredici canti del Floridoro. The Italian woman writer, inspired by Matteo Maria Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, decided to write her own chivalric romance, in which she presented a new perspective on literary women warriors: Risamante is a protagonist in which female and male elements coexist harmoniously; that is not stigmatized by society, which allows her to express her androgynous personality.
Journal: Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica
- Issue Year: 3/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 197-206
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish
