THE SELF-FASHIONING OF CHAUCER’S FRANKLIN: THE PERFORMANCE OF BOURGEOIS IDENTITY
Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2016, Vol 9, Issue 45
Abstract
Chaucer’s Franklin in the Canterbury Tales presents a medieval example of Greenblatt’s concept of self-fashioning through his performance of bourgeois identity. Although he has feudal origins as a freeholder, the Franklin goes beyond the borders set for him by the three estate structure of medieval England as a money-made man. Hence, he becomes the embodiment of the new man, who has held administrative duties owing to his monetary status and thus who claims gentility despite his need for social recognition and acceptance. Accordingly, this article aims at analysing the Franklin’s depiction in the “General Prologue” to the Canterbury Tales, his words to the Squire and his tale in order to display his self-fashioning through his bourgeois identity performance.
Authors and Affiliations
Oya BAYILTMIŞ ÖĞÜTCÜ
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP252523
- DOI 10.17719/jisr.20164522666
- Views 123
- Downloads 0
SOME EXAMPLES TO INCONSISTENCY OF PERSIAN AND GREEK ORIGIN WORDS’ SPELLING WHICH IS SITUATED IN XIV. - XV. CENTURY OLD ANATOLIAN TURKISH MEDICAL TEXTS
While forming Old Anatolian Turkish medical texts, it couldn’t been created a consistent system about spelling. Neither Turkish terms nor Arabic, Persian and Greek origin terms’ spelling is coherent. Contradictions in fo...
URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN ÇANKIRI CITY
As an influential research interest in geography, behavioural geography examines relations between human behaviour and space. In this regard, perceptions in settlement people live range from various parameters like age a...
MYTHOLOGICAL AND LEGENDARY INDIVIDUALS OF NECÂTÎ BEY’S DİVAN
Mythology and legends are the most important sources of Divan poetry. The Divan poets were especially influenced by Persian mythology, and they included mythological figures of Iranian origin in their works. The Persian...
CRITERIA FOR PERMISSIBILITY AND IMPERMISSIBILITY IN FOOD ADDITIVES
It is compulsory for Muslims to be always alert about what is permissible and what is not in Islam. One of the most important issues regarding permissibility is related to foods. A great variety of food items are consum...
AN ANALYSIS OF CITY OF GLASS BY PAUL AUSTER & CRYING OF LOT 49 BY THOMAS PYNCHON IN TERMS OF POSTMODERNIST ELEMENTS AND TECHNIQUES
This study aims at analyzing postmodernist detective fictions entitled City of Glass, the first novella of the New York Trilogy by Paul Auster and Cyring of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon in terms of postmodernist elements and...