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11551189 Biography Earlies t female poet in France Her name Educated Henry II Normandy area Works Lais 11551170 12 lais Prefaced with the information that she is translating many of them from Breton ID: 599517

marie lais 1189 france lais marie france 1189 knight fate works focus purgatory saint french yonec literature print love

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Slide1

Marie de France

1155-1189Slide2

Biography

Earlies

t female poet in France

Her name

Educated

Henry II

Normandy areaSlide3

Works

Lais

(1155-1170)

12

lais

Prefaced with the information that she is translating many of them from Breton

lais

for the first time.

Ysopet

(1167-1189)

First known translation of Aesop’s Fables into French

Espurgatoire

de Saint Patrice (1189)

Legend of the Purgatory of Saint Patrick

Journey through purgatorySlide4

What is a lai

exctly

?

Meant to be sung

Octosyllabic rhyming couplets

Characterized by adventure and

romance

Elements of the fantastic

Marie de France’s particular

lais

:

Romance with an ominous atmosphere

Focus on feelings of the characters rather than the story itselfSlide5

Le Laustic

Lanval

Knight of King Arthur’s court

Secret love

Accusations of homosexuality

Loss of love

Reuniting of the lovers

Knights of St.

Malo

Rossignol

Fate of love

Why this is characteristic of Marie de France. Slide6

Le

Bisclavret

Les

Deux

Amants

Werewolf curse

Barron of Brittany

Clothing

Wife’s betrayal

King’s protection

Revenge

Set in Normandy

Mountain test

Secret affair

Potion

Fate

“The Mountain of the Two Lovers”Slide7

Guigemer

Yonec

Knight of Brittany

Disinterested in love

Deer’s curse

Mysterious ship

Locked up

Chastity belt

Meriaduc

Rich landowner

Imprisoned 7 years

Knight must prove faith

RazorsBlood trail Ring & Sword

Son:

Yonec

Slide8

Conclusion

Reoccurring themes in the

lais

of Marie de France. Slide9

Works Cited

Bishop, Morris and Rivers, Kenneth T., eds. A Survey of French Literature.

Newburyport: Focus Publishing, 2005. Print.

Les

Lais

De Marie De France. Trans. Paul

Tuffrau

. Paris.

1959

The Broadway Anthology of British Literature. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2011 Print.