The Merchant's TaleのMayは五月のように美しいか

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• This article focuses on a woman named May in The Merchant's Tale, one of the tales which make up The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is a funny story in which an old soldier, January, suddenly feels he cannot help marrying with a young and obedient girl, and May, who is chosen to be his wife. In the first half of the article, the characteristics of May are analysed in terms of January's garden, which is a key to her function in the story. The narrator, Merchant, praises January's garden, comparing it with that of the Roman de la Rose, only to emphasize the old soldier's vagary concerning his wife, May. In the second, May's kind of beauty, represented by the word fressh, is discussed in the context of the fourteenth century and Chaucer's work. By closely examining the usages of fressh throughout The Canterbury Tales, the sarcastic meaning of the word and the role May achieves in the story are elucidated.

• 昭和女子大学の論文
• 2007-03-31

著者

• 赤堀 志子

  昭和女子大学文学部英米文学科

• 赤堀 志子

  昭和女子大学英語コミュニケーション学科

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