ENGL 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sir Gowther, Conduct Book, Jousting
Document Summary
How the wise man taught the son": male perspective conduct book. What son can do to be rewarded in life: even though afterlife is not based on material goods. Both texts talk about the importance of the church: pay your tithes, etc. Shame is all husbands if he calls his wife a whore. Because it opens up the possibility that other people will call her that too: and that would ruin your reputation. If both sexes followed their rules" there would be peace i. e. if the wife always was meek and mild and the husband always provided for the family. Typical sexist narrative: but would probably be ideal for keeping the family peace back then. Ends the wise man" with a jesus reference. Works with the father/son theme: kind of an ominous ending. Makes it seem like son never knows when father could die. Romance means stories from rome: french loved romances, hero"s journey/quest, lots of acts of chivalry.
