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T1 Conflict resolution in the "Wife of Bath's Tale" and in Gower's "Tale of Florent"
A1 Mandel, Jerome
A1 Filardo Llamas, Laura
A1 Gastle, Brian
A1 Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Marta María
A1 Sáez Hidalgo, Ana
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB Defining the principles that apply to resolving conflicts between individuals in The Wife of Bath 's Tale and comparing them to parallel conflicts in Gower's "Tale of Florent," one discovers that The Wife of Bath 's Tale foregrounds appeals to political, social, religious, and ethical authority -all of which are questioned, discussed, and negotiated. In the "Tale of Florent," on the other hand, conflict tends to be internal rather than between individuals. Florent's conflicts are resolved by himself alone thinking about the obligations he has accepted in his various covenants, and then behaving in such a way that he does not lie or cheat or break his pledge. Conflict resolution in Gower depends upon absolute commitment to principle, the culturally sanctioned rules that govern human behavior. Conflicts in the "Tale of Florent" are not resolved through argument, debate, negotiation with an adversary as in Chaucer's text.
SN 0210-9689
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17231
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17231
LA spa
NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2012, N.33, pags.69-79
DS UVaDOC
RD 16-may-2024