ENGL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jovinian, Paul The Apostle, Intertextuality
19 Jan 2017
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Prologue really is the tale of the wife of bath. Page 282 (cid:858)au(cid:272)to(cid:396)itee(cid:859): old e(cid:374)glish (cid:449)o(cid:396)d fo(cid:396) (cid:858)autho(cid:396)it(cid:455)(cid:859) Wife sets up di(cid:448)isio(cid:374) (cid:894)i do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e autho(cid:396)it(cid:455) (cid:271)ut (cid:374)o e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895) Total opposite of the (cid:1006)(cid:374)d estate(cid:859)s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)etatio(cid:374) of (cid:271)i(cid:271)li(cid:272)al (cid:374)otio(cid:374)s of (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iage/(cid:448)i(cid:396)gi(cid:374)it(cid:455) Breaks that almost immediately, ends up doing the same. Uses inter-textuality of bible (lines 9-13): wedding of canna (water wine miracle) References another text written by a cleric adversus jovinianun (vs/against jovinian) by. Je(cid:396)o(cid:373)e(cid:859)s (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se: ch(cid:396)ist o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:449)e(cid:374)t to o(cid:374)e (cid:449)eddi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) the (cid:271)i(cid:271)le, so people should o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:271)e married once; virginity is spiritually superior. Women could marry more than once (widows remarrying) --> wife of bath(cid:859)s opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) of se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)tial (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iages (cid:894)li(cid:374)e (cid:1009)(cid:1005)(cid:895) (cid:449)el(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g the (cid:858)si(cid:454)th(cid:859) Scholars/priests perform exegesis: interpretation of the bible, most powerful form of writing at the time. Radical notion of a (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)eti(cid:374)g the (cid:271)i(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d sha(cid:396)i(cid:374)g it (cid:894)(cid:272)lai(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)au(cid:272)to(cid:396)itee(cid:859) a(cid:374)d going against social norms of the time)
