In/Between Center and Periphery: Dinadan in Malory's Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones
Resource
中外文學, 34(12), 037-054
Journal
中外文學
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
12
Pages
37-54
Date Issued
2006-05
Date
2006-05
Author(s)
Abstract
The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones in Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur had, until recently, been long neglected. The character Dinadan, who makes his formal appearance in the book as a mere foil to the major characters, is therefore thought to have only marginal status in a marginal text of Malory's Arthurian monument. In fact, Dinadan is an indispensable mediator whose interactions with the major characters weave in and out the configurations of the chivalric world. Dinadan's detached role of a poet-like jester opens up a critical space in which the reader is led to reflect on the inherent tension and conflict among the Round Table knights as well as the deadly rupture of theory and practice that lies at the core of the knightly enterprise. Consequently, the peripheral Dinadan turns out to be a central figure whose engagement and detachment reveal the core problematics of the Round Table world.
Subjects
馬洛里
《亞瑟王之死》
《崔斯坦》
丁拿單
崔斯坦
亞瑟王
馬克王
藍斯洛
帕洛米德
伊索德
圓桌武士
騎士精神
Sir Thomas Malory
Morte Darthur
The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones
Dinadan
Tristram
King Arthur
King Mark
Lancelot
Palomides
Isoud
Round Table Knights
chivalry
Type
journal article
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