The Motif of the Patient Wife in Muslim and Western Literature and Folklore
- Author / Editor
- Hejaiej, Mounira Monia.
The Motif of the Patient Wife in Muslim and Western Literature and Folklore
- Published
- CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 12.1 (2010): n.p.
- Description
- Provides comparative analysis of the modern Tunisian tale "Sabra," an analogue of ClT, told by a woman to an exclusively female audience. Includes summary of and commentary on Chaucer's "ambivalent and ironic version," plus other medieval European analogues, exploring how context affects interpretation of the basic folkloric narrative.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations