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Publication Date
7-18-2016
Abstract
n this lecture, Elan Justice Pavlinich (EJ) presents "Queering Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women", offering a queer theoretical reading of Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women. Pavlinich explores how Chaucer’s work, traditionally seen as heteronormative, can be read through a queer lens, revealing hidden same-sex desires and challenging medieval gender norms. The presentation connects medieval literary traditions to modern queer identities, blending scholarship with activism to emphasize the importance of LGBTQ+ perspectives in historical literary analysis.
Keywords
Legend of Good Women (1400), Queer theory, Homosexuality in literature, midieval literature history and criticism, gender identity in literature, misogyny in literature, literary criticism, literary portrayals of same-sex desire, feminism and literature
Extent
00:36:51; 12-page transcript
Language
English
Digital Date
2016
Media Type
Presentation
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
pavlinich-elan-justice-queering-chaucers-legend-of-good-women
Recommended Citation
Justice Pavlinich, Elan and Special & Digital Collections, "Queering Chaucer's Legend Of Good Women Presentation by EJ Pavlinich" (2016). USF Library Presentations and Lectures. 34.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_lib_lectures/34
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