The Status of Women in the Patriarchal Society of Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale."

Author / Editor
Zuraikat, Malek.

Title
The Status of Women in the Patriarchal Society of Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale."

Published
Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature 9.1 (2017): 95-105.

Description
Assesses female silence as resistance to masculine power in KnT, arguing that the strategy is limited. In KnT women succeed when they “express their need” for male protection, but not when they oppose or resist patriarchy. Includes an abstract in Arabic.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale