The Motif of the Patient Wife in Muslim and Western Literature and Folklore

Author / Editor
Hejaiej, Mounira Monia.

Title
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