Open AccessTelling Stories, Naming Names: <i>Heptaméron</i> 43
Author(s) -
Laura Doyle Gates
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
renaissance and reformation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2293-7374
pISSN - 0034-429X
DOI - 10.33137/rr.v32i4.11588
Subject(s) - storytelling , function (biology) , linguistics , literature , psychology , philosophy , art , history , narrative , biology , genetics
This paper focuses on the idea of the grammatical third person as organizing principle for the 43rd tale of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptaméron. The third person encompasses several relevant domains, among them the assignation of gender, the function of proper names, and Benveniste's notion of "histoire" for storytelling. Exploring the ramifications of the "nom" in and around Heptaméron 43 elucidates characters' and protagonists' apparent obsession with naming and reveals necessary differences between masculine and feminine responses to the courtly imperative to entertain with witty speech and stories.