Tongueless Whispering: Wirral's Role in Decentering the Human in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

IF 0.3 3区 历史学 0 MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES COMITATUS-A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES Pub Date : 2021-11-17 DOI:10.1353/cjm.2021.0004
Vanessa Jaeger
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Abstract:Forests feature prominently in Middle English romance and serve as uncivilized spaces that test knights on their journeys from boyhood to manhood. In this article, I examine how the forest of Wirral from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight functions as more than just a proving ground for Gawain and instead operates as an active participant in the narrative outcomes of the text. Through the application of ecocriticism and an investigation of medieval attitudes toward the natural world, I argue that Gawain and Bertilak experience two different versions of Wirral. Gawain's adversarial relationship with Wirral contrasts Bertilak's copacetic one, demonstrating how differently the forest reacts to those within its borders. By viewing Wirral as a character rather than a landscape, I expose the seriousness with which the Pearl poet meditated on both the natural world and the effect that humans have on it. Such considerations reveal how Wirral voices its opinions and desires, even if the human actors of the text do not share the same language.
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在《高文爵士与绿衣骑士》中,威拉尔在解除人类灵魂的作用
摘要:森林在中世纪英国浪漫小说中占有突出地位,是考验骑士从少年到成年旅程的不文明空间。在这篇文章中,我研究了高文爵士和绿骑士的威勒尔森林如何不仅仅是高文的试验场,而是作为文本叙事结果的积极参与者。通过生态批评的应用和对中世纪对自然世界态度的调查,我认为Gawain和Bertilak经历了两个不同版本的Wirral。Gawain与Wirral的敌对关系与Bertilak的合作关系形成了鲜明对比,表明森林对其边界内的人的反应是多么不同。通过将维拉尔视为一个人物而非风景,我暴露了珀尔诗人对自然世界和人类对自然世界的影响的认真思考。这些思考揭示了维拉尔是如何表达自己的观点和欲望的,即使文本中的人类行为者没有相同的语言。
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期刊介绍: Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies publishes articles by graduate students and recent PhDs in any field of medieval and Renaissance studies. The journal maintains a tradition of gathering work from across disciplines, with a special interest in articles that have an interdisciplinary or cross-cultural scope.
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