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Andrew Vallée
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Finished Erec and Enide. Already, Erec is the embodiment of toxicity and misogyny in courtly behaviour, but ironically he serves as an allegory for Jesus (from like, “rising” from the dead and saving everybody at one point). This text was obviously supposed to be looked at through a christian lens, but I think there’s a lot more to unpack here, especially in the treatment of Enide. Cligés next!
— Nov 06, 2025 03:50AM
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Andrew Vallée
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Finished the most famous tale, The Knight of the Cart. Not sure what I was expecting, I thought there would be more “love triangle” aspects to the story, but it just seems to be Lancelot doing bad*ss things and he just so happens to be in love with Guinevere. This one feels less rich in imagery than the other tales, so I’m not quite sure what I was supposed to take away from this story.
— Dec 23, 2025 01:46PM
Andrew Vallée
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Finished Cligés! Not quite sure how I feel about it, the sequence where Fenice fakes her death was pretty fun, but I feel like I’m missing the point/commentary of the story. Apparently it’s a critic of Tristan legend; tales of “forbidden love”, which I’ve never read. I understood it as adultery only matters when a marriage is based on real love. If love is absent, the spouse was never ‘truly yours’
— Dec 01, 2025 06:40PM
