Aided Derbforgaill: Recurrent motifs in Early Irish Literature and their Relation to the Status of Women
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| Název v anglickém jazyce: | Aided Derbforgaill: Recurrent motifs in Early Irish Literature and their Relation to the Status of Women |
| Klíčová slova: | Aided, Aided Derbforgaill, čest, královna Medb, motivy, raně středověká irská literatura, status, Ulsterský cyklus, zobrazení žen, ženy |
| Klíčová slova anglicky: | Aided, Aided Derbforgaill, early Irish literature, honour, motifs, Queen Medb, representation of women, status, Ulster Cycle, women |
| Akademický rok vypsání: | 2014/2015 |
| Typ práce: | bakalářská práce |
| Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
| Ústav: | Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK) |
| Vedoucí / školitel: | Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D. |
| Řešitel: | skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd. |
| Datum přihlášení: | 24.06.2015 |
| Datum zadání: | 25.06.2015 |
| Schválení administrátorem: | zatím neschvalováno |
| Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: | 26.06.2015 |
| Datum a čas obhajoby: | 12.09.2016 08:30 |
| Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 30.07.2016 |
| Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 12.09.2016 |
| Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: | odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná |
| Oponenti: | prof. Mgr. Ondřej Pilný, Ph.D. |
| Zásady pro vypracování |
| Early Irish stories can be classified either by their themes, or by their belonging to one of the four cycles: The Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Cycle of the Kings. Aided Derbforgaill is a death tale in the Ulster Cycle of an Otherworld woman called Derbforgaill. The Ulster Cycle revolves around the main epic, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, and has two main characters, the Ulster warrior Cúchulainn and the Queen of Connaught, Medb. Although Aided Derbforgaill is a relatively short story, it encompasses several motifs appearing elsewhere in the Ulster Cycle. The difference is that most of these motifs, such as bragging competitions, would be generally mostly connected with the warriors, whereas in Aided Derbforgaill the women have the main role. As the warriors fight to determine who is the best champion amongst them, so the women compete to establish who is the most beautiful and worthy of the men’s attention; yet the competition is followed by horrible consequences as the women share the proclivity for violence with the warriors.
This thesis will focus on a number of recurrent motifs in the Ulster Cycle, such as bragging competitions, the Otherworld, love triangles and jealousy, discussing their treatment in Aided Derborgaill and comparing them to other stories, especially the Táin Bó Cúailnge and Serglige Con Culainn ocus Óenét Emire [The Wasting Sickness of Cúchulainn and the Only Jealousy of Emer]. These texts will provide the material to compare and discuss the various treatments of the motifs, the difference between the sexes and the different roles and statuses of women. Queen Medb provides a valuable comparison to Derbforgaill as she holds a unique place in early Irish literature, furthermore enabling the discussion of different roles of women from the Otherworld and Irish queens. If a further comparison is needed, it will be rendered by the main heroines in Serglige Con Culainn, Emer and Fand. The key part of this thesis will be based on the close reading of the given texts, providing their comparison and discussing the motifs especially in relation to the status of women. A short account of historical social conditions of women in medievalIreland will be enclosed as well as the characteristics of the death tale genre to provide a social and literary context for the stories. |
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| PRIMARY LITERATURE
Ingridsdotter, Kicki, ed. Aided Derbforgaill, “The Violent Death of Derbforgaill”: A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation and Textual notes. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, 2009. Kinsella, Thomas, trans. The Tain.Oxford:OxfordUniversity Press, 1970. Gants, Jeffrey. Early Irish Myths and Sagas.London: Penguin Books, 1981. SECONDARY LITERATURE Cosgrove, Art, ed. Marriage in Ireland. Dublin: College, 1985. Cross, Thomas Peete. Motif-Index of Early Irish Literature.New York: Kraus Reprint, 1952. Kelleher, Margaret and Philip O´Leary, eds. The Cambridge History of Irish Literature, Vol. I.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2006. Kelly, Fergus, ed. A Guide to Early Irish Law.Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1988. Mac Curtain, M. and D. Ó Corráin, eds. Women in Irish Society: The Historical Dimension.Dublin: 1978. McCone, Kim. Pagan Past and Christian Present in Early Irish Literature. Maynooth: An Sagart, 1990. Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann. An Introduction to Early Irish Literature.Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2009. |