Honors Theses
Advisor
Miriamne Ara Krummel, Ph.D.
Department
English
Publication Date
4-2018
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
In this thesis, I argue that Marie de France and Jane Austen transgress social and gender norms in their writings and participate in a process of female authorial reincarnation; through using their voices, these female authors challenge the dominant patriarchal temporal narrative. In Chapter One I explore the Lais of Marie de France, focusing on her anonymity as an author and the implications of her stories as a rejection of the role of women in traditional chivalric romance. Chapter Two deals with Jane Austen’s life, specifically how little we really know about it, and the often overlooked, transgressive aspects of her writings. I conclude with Chapter Three, in which I further define my argument for female authorial reincarnation as it relates to both queer theory and temporality.
Permission Statement
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Keywords
Undergraduate research
Disciplines
English Language and Literature
eCommons Citation
McCaffery, Katherine Rachel, "Re-Painting the Lion: Female Transgression and Authorial Reincarnation in the Works of Marie de France and Jane Austen" (2018). Honors Theses. 172.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses/172
