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LOVE WITHIN REASON IN CHAUCER'S TROILUS AND CRISEYDE
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2015
Abstract
This research investigates the connection between Boethian ethics as presented in Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy and courtly love in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. This research explains that Boethian ethics intersect with the idea of courtly love most recognizably in the relationships among Troilus, Criseyde, and Diomede. The goal of this research is to show that Boethian ideals reduce the tradition of courtly love to utter insignificance. This research puts forth the claim that Troilus and Criseyde uses the infusion of Boethian ethics and values into a narrative dealing with courtly love in order to critique the value system put in place by the love tradition. This research intends to prove that Boethian ethics and values, with specific emphasis on reason's connection with divinity, in Troilus and Criseyde work to illustrate the subjection of both Fortune and courtly love to divine rationality.
Details
- Title
- LOVE WITHIN REASON IN CHAUCER'S TROILUS AND CRISEYDE
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090839106600
- Academic Unit
- English
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida