Open AccessLyric Discourse and Female Vocality: On the Unsilencing of Silence
Author(s) -
Christopher Callahan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
arthuriana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1934-1539
pISSN - 1078-6279
DOI - 10.1353/art.2002.0020
Subject(s) - silence , convention , empowerment , literature , gender studies , sociology , aesthetics , art , political science , social science , law
The practice of lyric allows both Silence and Nicolete of chantefable fame to transcend the limits of gender, by validating both their male and female personae at once. Whether purely literary convention or reality, this empowerment is characteristic of medieval lyric discourse.
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