Date of Award
2010
Degree Name
English
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Gwenyth Hood
Second Advisor
Kateryna Schray
Third Advisor
Mary Moore
Abstract
Every author injects a purpose into his or her works; in Chaucer‘s case, he scribed The Canterbury Tales, which tackles and successfully demonstrates various aspects to fourteenth century English society and culture. "The Knight‘s Tale" is no different; the tale is almost identical, plot-wise, to Giovanni Boccaccio‘s Teseida, and yet Chaucer weaves a tale that is distinctive. The tale reflects Chaucer‘s views on his society, in particular post-Norman attitudes. By examining the text with a post-colonial theoretical approach, Chaucer‘s "The Knight‘s Tale" is a subaltern commentary on the colonization of England after the Norman Conquest.
Subject(s)
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Knight's tale - Criticism and interpretation.
Recommended Citation
Oldman, Ruth M.E., "The Postcolonial "Knight‘s Tale": A Social Commentary on Post-Norman Invasion England" (2010). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 177.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/177
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