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Morgan le Fay: The Inheritance of the Goddess
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“Morgan le Fay: A Herança da Deusa” faz uma breve análise da figura de Morgan le Fay nas narrativas arturianas na Idade Média.
Começando por uma reflexão sobre os Celtas e a sua cultura, este estudo tem por objectivo demonstrar como a origem de Morgan le Fay poderá remontar às deusas célticas. Com efeito, Morgan possui características que a aproximam de A Morrígan e Modron. Todavia, é de salientar que esta personagem apenas surge pela primeira vez, em 1150, na obra Vita Merlini, de Geoffrey of Monmouth sob o nome Morgen. Suprema regente da ilha maravilhosa de Avalon, ela possui características exclusivamente benéficas. Assim, pretendemos também explicar as razões pelas quais esta se transformou numa das principais vilãs dos textos arturianos. Adicionalmente, serão considerados algumas das obras literárias medievais inglesas, bem como factores de ordem sociocultural.
Palavras-chave: Morgan le Fay; Narrativas Arturianas; Mitos Célticos.
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“Morgan le Fay: The Inheritance of the Goddess” will analyze Morgan le Fay’s character in Arthurian narrative during the Middle Ages.
Starting from a research on the Celts and their culture, this article aims to prove that Morgan le Fay’s origin might be traced back to Celtic goddesses due to the characteristics she shares with the Celtic goddesses The Morrígan and Modron. However, Morgan is only mentioned for the first time, in 1150, in the work Vita Merlini by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is named Morgen. Queen of the Otherworldly island Avalon she possesses solely positive traits. Therefore, this study’s goal is also to explain why Morgan le Fay was transformed into one of the greatest villains of Arthurian texts. To reach this goal, some of the main English medieval literary will be analyzed as well as other social and cultural factors.
Keywords: Morgan le Fay; Arthurian Narrative; Celtic Myths
Different phases/faces of Morgan le Fay
No full textDer Artus-Mythos ist wahrscheinlich der am häufigsten nach-, neu- und umerzählte Stoff der europäischen Literaturgeschichte. Hunderte wenn nicht sogar Tausende Schriftsteller, Dichter, Sänger und Historiker haben sich mit ihm seit seiner ersten schriftlichen Niederlegung befasst und ihn in zahlreiche Sprachen übertragen. Dabei ist es jedoch bis zum heutigen Zeitpunkt keinem Rezipienten gelungen, ihm auch nur annähernd eine allgemein gültige Gestalt zu geben. Es ist eher Gegenteiliges der Fall: der Artus-Mythos scheint Weiterdichtungen, Modernisierungen, Erweiterungen und vor allem Veränderungen sowie Ergänzungen geradezu magisch anzuziehen. Dies gilt im Besonderen auch für einen der wichtigsten weiblichen Charaktere in der Mythologie rund um König Artus: die Figur der Morgan le Fay.
Die hier vorgelegte Diplomarbeit untersuchte Morgan le Fays Darstellung und ihre Weiterentwicklung in ausgewählten Werken der Standardliteratur rund um den Artusstoff. Da Schriftsteller in ihren Arbeiten oft die Lebensumstände, den gelebten Zeitgeist und die soziale Rollenverteilung ihrer Gesellschaft reflektieren, wurden diese zwischen dem 12. und 20. Jahrhundert verfassten Werke hinsichtlich ihrer Funktion als Spiegelbild der jeweiligen Gesellschaft analysiert. Besonderes Augenmerk wurde dabei auch auf die Rolle der Frau im jeweiligen Jahrhundert gelegt.
Davon ausgehend versuchte diese Diplomarbeit festzustellen, inwieweit der Charakter der Morgan le Fay also die Auffassung vom Frauenbild der jeweiligen Epoche beziehungsweise Gesellschaft nun wiederspiegelt oder eher davon abweicht. Als Einführung in die Materie wird im ersten Kapitel auch noch auf die Ursprünge und Vorläufer der Figur der Morgan le Fay, die sich in der keltischen Kultur finden lassen, näher eingegangen
Morgan le Fay : The Inheritance of the Goddess
No full text“Morgan le Fay: The Inheritance of the Goddess” will analyze Morgan le Fay’s character in Arthurian narrative during the Middle Ages. Starting from a research on the Celts and their culture, this article aims to prove that Morgan le Fay’s origin might be traced back to Celtic goddesses due to the characteristics she shares with the Celtic goddesses The Morrígan and Modron. However, Morgan is only mentioned for the first time, in 1150, in the work Vita Merlini by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is named Morgen. Queen of the Otherworldly island Avalon she possesses solely positive traits. Therefore, this study’s goal is also to explain why Morgan le Fay was transformed into one of the greatest villains of Arthurian texts. To reach this goal, some of the main English medieval literary will be analyzed as well as other social and cultural factors.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Morgan le Fay : The Inheritance of the Goddess
No full text“Morgan le Fay: The Inheritance of the Goddess” will analyze Morgan le Fay’s character in Arthurian narrative during the Middle Ages. Starting from a research on the Celts and their culture, this article aims to prove that Morgan le Fay’s origin might be traced back to Celtic goddesses due to the characteristics she shares with the Celtic goddesses The Morrígan and Modron. However, Morgan is only mentioned for the first time, in 1150, in the work Vita Merlini by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is named Morgen. Queen of the Otherworldly island Avalon she possesses solely positive traits. Therefore, this study’s goal is also to explain why Morgan le Fay was transformed into one of the greatest villains of Arthurian texts. To reach this goal, some of the main English medieval literary will be analyzed as well as other social and cultural factors.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Morgan le Fay : The Inheritance of the Goddess
No full text“Morgan le Fay: The Inheritance of the Goddess” will analyze Morgan le Fay’s character in Arthurian narrative during the Middle Ages. Starting from a research on the Celts and their culture, this article aims to prove that Morgan le Fay’s origin might be traced back to Celtic goddesses due to the characteristics she shares with the Celtic goddesses The Morrígan and Modron. However, Morgan is only mentioned for the first time, in 1150, in the work Vita Merlini by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is named Morgen. Queen of the Otherworldly island Avalon she possesses solely positive traits. Therefore, this study’s goal is also to explain why Morgan le Fay was transformed into one of the greatest villains of Arthurian texts. To reach this goal, some of the main English medieval literary will be analyzed as well as other social and cultural factors.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
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Goddess Dethroned: The Evolution of Morgan le Fay
Get PDFIn the Arthurian romances of the Middle Ages, the character of Morgan le Fay was transformed dramatically from her Welsh original, the goddess Modron. The effect was to vilify the enchantress so that medieval Christians would not be sympathetic to her character. This study consults the oldest available Welsh mythological and historical texts as well as the medieval romances surrounding King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Also consulted are some of the top contemporary Arthurian scholars. By unraveling Morgan’s transformation and the reasons for such change, it is revealed that medieval demonizing of old pagan deities was not limited to male deities. Instead, the most ancient deity of all, the Great Mother Goddess slowly became one of the most infamous characters in literature, Morgan le Fay
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