2025/01/01 by Abdoulaye SAMAKÉ
Arts and Humanities · #FOS: Languages and literature #Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies #Medieval Literature and History #Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
paper · doi:10.48734/akofena.n018.vol.3.14.2025
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
Abstract: The following contribution aims to investigate the narrative innovation of Cassidorus within the Old French literary tradition of Sept Sages. To this end, the analysis will be focused only on the frame story; embedded tales will be excluded. Moreover, the paper will thus demonstrate the significance of the gender, cultural and religious identities for the expected positive transformation of Helcana, the main female protagonist. Last but not least, the analysis intends to show how the romance of Cassidorus breaks with the misogynistic narrative tradition of Sept Sages and why it can therefore be perceived as a contrafactum for the only reason that the frame story moves from misogyny to philogyny. Keywords: Culture, Identity, Misogyny, Religion, Philogyny