말로리(Thomas Malory)의 “개러쓰의 이야기”(the Tale of Gareth)의 사회적 의미: 사회적 신분, 사랑과 결혼, 공동체를 중심으로
Social Meanings of Thomas Malory’s Tale of Gareth: Social Status, Love and Marriage, and Community
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The fourth large division of Le Morte Darthur, the Tale of Gareth presents the arrival of “the goodlyest yonge man and the fayreste” that the court of Arthur has ever seen. As an independent, self-contained romance, the Tale of Gareth is used as the portrayal of Arthur’s Round Table at the height of its power and glory. In addition, Gareth is depicted as an index to the noblest elements of the chivalric ideal. He serves as a standard against which the behaviors of the members of Camelot including Gawain and Lancelot are to be measured. Not only through the chivalric qualities that Gareth shows, but in terms of social class, love, marriage and so on, which the late Medieval society holds about, Malory makes the character of Gareth as ideal. Gareth in the tale never overtly challenges the basic assumptions of social class and marriage that were accepted by the nobility of Malory’s times. Concerning social class and status, Malory shows that nobility is an inborn quality but that it may not automatically guarantee ‘gentyllnesse.’ Moreover, Malory presents married love as an appropriate conclusion to the romance of Gareth. In light of fifteenth-century marriage practice, the Gareth Romance reflects the specific concerns of the noble class regarding marriage. Gareth’s ideal marriage ultimately serves to drive his family as well as the community of Camelot to the state of harmony and cohesion. In order to put an emphasis on social class, love and marriage, the cohesion of community in the tale, Malory employs the stylistic techniques such as the structural and verbal repetition and the incremental process, which are commonly used in the narratives like a popular romance or a folk tale.
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The fourth large division of Le Morte Darthur, the Tale of Gareth presents the arrival of “the goodlyest yonge man and the fayreste” that the court of Arthur has ever seen. As an independent, self-contained romance, the Tale of Gareth is used as the portrayal of Arthur’s Round Table at the height of its power and glory. In addition, Gareth is depicted as an index to the noblest elements of the chivalric ideal. He serves as a standard against which the behaviors of the members of Camelot including Gawain and Lancelot are to be measured. Not only through the chivalric qualities that Gareth shows, but in terms of social class, love, marriage and so on, which the late Medieval society holds about, Malory makes the character of Gareth as ideal. Gareth in the tale never overtly challenges the basic assumptions of social class and marriage that were accepted by the nobility of Malory’s times. Concerning social class and status, Malory shows that nobility is an inborn quality but that it may not automatically guarantee ‘gentyllnesse.’ Moreover, Malory presents married love as an appropriate conclusion to the romance of Gareth. In light of fifteenth-century marriage practice, the Gareth Romance reflects the specific concerns of the noble class regarding marriage. Gareth’s ideal marriage ultimately serves to drive his family as well as the community of Camelot to the state of harmony and cohesion. In order to put an emphasis on social class, love and marriage, the cohesion of community in the tale, Malory employs the stylistic techniques such as the structural and verbal repetition and the incremental process, which are commonly used in the narratives like a popular romance or a folk tale.
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