التناص في اسطورة الملك ارثر : دراسة في روايات مختارة امريكية وبريطانية حديثة == King Arthur's Legend Intertextualized : A Study in Selected Modern American and English Novels
Author name:
جنان عبد الله شفيق
Supervisor name:
سعد قاسم زغير
General topic:
Foreign Languages
Specific topic:
English - Literature
Degree:
Doctorate
University:
University of Baghdad - College Of Literature
Language:
English
University location:
Baghdad
Key words:
- King Arthur
- legend
- Intertext
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- American literature
- Vera Chapman
- Peter David
- feminist.
First pages:
T94867 - p.pdf
Abstract:
King Arthur, whether legendary or historical, has a strong presence in Western culture. Up to this day, countless new books continue to appear retelling story. The stories about him and his Knights of the Round Table have been read and retold in all ages; the thing that kept him alive in legend, history and literature. Throughout ages, the legend fascinated readers and writers alike. In Literature prior to the twentieth century, King Arthur is depicted as a noble warrior fighting his enemies to sustain the unity of his country. On a domestic level, however, he is portrayed as naïve and too trusting. Consequently, in those works, equal emphasis is laid upon him as a deceived husband and shares the interest in the love triangle of Arthur - Guinevere - Lancelot. In the Twentieth century literature, there is an unprecedented interest in the character of King Arthur associated with various conceptions.
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