tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104875803938876205.post9142904189433466254..comments2021-02-01T13:16:52.837+01:00Comments on Art in Hearth: A-Questing (and Happy Birthday, Steve!)Anne F. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01104236345635697062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104875803938876205.post-18620105348259095562010-04-15T23:59:11.383+02:002010-04-15T23:59:11.383+02:00Et oui - it's so pronounced (she has so much a...Et oui - it's so pronounced (she has so much agency and Yvain is just so hapless and helpless; Laudine, too for that matter) that it begs interpretation. It is very easy to "go Marxist" with it (the lower classes should rule, the upper classes are hopeless and hapless), but I'd be curious to know what other interpretations are (comedy? the world upside down?)<br />Thank you for Anne F. Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104236345635697062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104875803938876205.post-40259706157406868192010-04-13T13:16:32.617+02:002010-04-13T13:16:32.617+02:00Entirely tangentially, the central role of Lunette...Entirely tangentially, the central role of Lunette, essentially a servant, in the tale of Yvain immediately stood out to me because it's a theme that comes up all the time in French lit - I'm thinking of Molière in particular (Tartuffe). It's often the servants, midwives, etc who succeed at directing and bringing to fruition the designs of their supposed social betters. I was just Matthew Brauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10250507506245404294noreply@blogger.com