This wide-ranging and provocative study focuses on the importance
of the mother in the genealogical and social frameworks of the Old
French and Occitan chanson de geste. The masculine dominance of
these narratives of warfare and conflict is questioned, reassessed,
and redefined, as the complexity and significance of the maternal
character is revealed through the study of a contrasting range of
epic texts, with Raoul de Cambrai providing a key focus. The study
draws upon medieval theological and scientific doctrine and modern
psychoanalytic and feminist theory, especially the works of Luce
Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, and Jaques Lacan, to illuminate the
tensions and ambiguities consistently inherent in the perception of
the mother and the maternal body. Authority, continuation,
violence, and death are key topics, revealing the problematic
nature of gender roles and their relation to the structures of
power that shape both medieval society and epic narrative.
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