The Griselda Story: Feminist Perspectives

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Stephanie Amsel

Organizer Affiliation

Southern Methodist Univ.

Presider Name

Amy Goodwin

Presider Affiliation

Randolph-Macon College

Paper Title 1

Chaucer's Clerk's Tale, Dux Moraud, and Domestic Tyranny

Presenter 1 Name

KellyAnn Fitzpatrick

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Georgia Institute of Technology

Paper Title 2

In werk ne thought: Griselde's Ethics

Presenter 2 Name

Daniel T. Kline

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage

Paper Title 3

Griselda-2, Walter-0: Marital Jealousy and Role Reversal in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale

Presenter 3 Name

Carol Pulham

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Cedar Crest College

Start Date

11-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley III Eldridge 309

Description

This session showcases current scholarship surrounding Chaucer’s story of Griselda in “The Clerk’s Tale.” In particular, our panel will explore feminism(s) and feminist approaches to an analysis of the many versions of the Griselda story. Of all of Chaucer's Canterbury tales, "The Clerk's Tale" has invited the most contrasting approaches and interpretations. With the wider traditions of the Griselda story in fourteenth-century France and Italy, this narrative is practically a sourcebook for different feminist theoretical and practical approaches.

Stephanie Amsel