La communauté des femmes dans "Le livre des trois vertus" de Christine de Pizan [PhD diss]

244 Pages·1994·8.66 MB·French

by  Xiangyun Zhang

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La communauté des femmes dans “Le Livre des Trois Vertus” de
Christine de Pizan
Zhang, Xiangyun, Ph.D.
The Florida State University, 1994
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THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
LA COMMUNAUTÉ DES FEMMES DANS
LE LIVRE DES TROIS VERTUS DE CHRISTINE DE PIZAN
By
XIANGYUN ZHANG
A Dissertation submitted to the
Department of Modem Languages and Linguistics
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Awarded:
Fall Semester, 1994
Copyright © 1994
Xiangyun Zhang
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The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of
Xiangyun Zhang defended on November 8, 1994.
Lori Walters
Professor Directing Dissertation
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Karen Laughïin
Outside Committee er
William Cloonan
Committee Member
Joserfl L. Allaire
/tommttee Member
John X. Lu
Committee Member
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Mark Pietralunga, Chairperson,/Department of Modem Languages
and Linguistics
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TO MY PARENTS
I OFFER ALL MY HARD WORK
AS A SYMBOL OF LOVE AND RESPECT
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Acknowledgments
I would like to express my spécial gratitude to Dr. Lori
Walters who has generously given her time and knowledge during
the writing of this dissertation. For her inexhaustible help
I am deeply indebted. Since coming to the Florida State
University, I have greatly benefitted from the advice given to
me by Dr. Joseph Allaire. To him I have a debt of a spécial
kind. I would like to sincerely thank Dr. William Cloonan and
Dr. John X. Lu for their advice and encouragement. I am
grateful for the helpful suggestions that Dr. Karen L.
Laughlin gave to me.
I extend my thanks to my professor at Emory University,
Janou Celler, and her husband Dr. Morton Celler for ail their
help; to my friend Véronique Anover who kindly read the
dissertation and gave me suggestions.
I thank foremost my husband and my son to whom I owe a
great deal of gratitude for their love, support and their
understanding for the evenings and weekends when we should but
could not be together.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABSTRACT................................................... vii
Chapitre
INTRODUCTION.............................................. 1
1. LE CONTEXTE HISTORIQUE ET LITTÉRAIRE............... 11
Le Débat sur Le Roman de la Rose.................... 13
Le Livre de la Cité des Dames et
Le Livre des Trois Vertus............................ 27
Christine de Pizan et Marie de France.............. 42
2. L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE L'AUTORITÉ DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ 56
L'autorité littéraire................................. 58
L'autorité divine.......... .......................... 74
L'autorité didactique................................. 88
3. L'ORDRE DANS LA COMMUNAUTÉ DES FEMMES.............. 104
Christine de Pizan et l'ordre social établi........ 105
Les moeurs appropriées à la communauté.............. 117
Rapports entre les femmes............................ 130
4. LA LETTRE DE SEBILE DE MONTHAULT,
DAME DE LA TOUR ET LA DÉFENSE DE L'INTÉRÊT DE LA
COMMUNAUTÉ DES FEMMES................................. 142
La lettre de Sebile de la Tour et
Le Livre des Trois Vertus............................ 145
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Du miroir des princes au miroir des princesses 160
CONCLUSION................................................. 181
NOTES...................................................... 187
BIBLIOGRAPHIE............................................. 212
VITA....................................................... 232
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