Open AccessDevelopment of gender equality in English medieval society fixed in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Author(s) -
Rosamond Eileen O’Néill,
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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the beacon: journal for studying ideologies and mental dimensions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-1890
pISSN - 2713-1882
DOI - 10.55269/thebeacon.2.010110110
Subject(s) - knight , ideology , coining (mint) , celtic languages , poetry , narrative , sociology , literature , gender studies , art , philosophy , history , law , political science , politics , linguistics , physics , archaeology , astronomy
In the work, the author studies the ideological use of Celtic symbolism in the chivalric poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" to depict the gender equality. It is demonstrated that "Sir Gawain" can be considered not only a novel, but a social work coining gender equality in medieval society. In "Sir Gawain" different signs play an important role, form the reader's attitude to the idea of gender equality. They also build a certain Christian ideological view of the world, communicate the religious maxims and ideological attitudes, within which the equality narration is built.