Erec is the main protagonist of Erec and Enide, and the tale follows his adventures from the initial hunt of the white stag to his marriage with Enide before culminating with his coronation in the poem's last chapter.From the outset of the poem, Erec is presented as a noble knight, dedicated to following the chivalric code. When he first approaches Queen Guinevere to accompany her, he is Erec et Enide might seem, at first glance, to be a horribly anti-female tale, but look more closely and the reverse comes fully into focus. When seen through the lens of chivalry, there's an underlying message leading to feminine empowerment. A context which would not have been lost on Marie. She might even have directly guided Chrétien de Erec and Enide is the first of a collection of metrical romances by Chrétien de Troyes, a master tale teller of the medieval period about whom very little is otherwise known. The poem is the One of the main themes explored throughout Erec and Enide is that of romantic love, a theme explored by numerous poets who were contemporaries of Chrétien. However, Erec and Enide is unique in its exploration of romantic love in the context of marriage. While many medieval romances focused on unrequited love or the illicit affair between a knight and a woman married to someone else, Erec and Erec and Enide marks the birth of the Arthurian romance as a literary genre. Written circa 1170, this version of the Griselda legend tells the story of the marriage of Erec, a handsome and courageous Welsh prince and knight of the Round Table, and Enide, an impoverished noblewoman. When the lovers become estranged because Erec neglects his knightly obligations, they subsequently ride off |ilk| kkw| kie| nji| mex| dht| jxp| pkw| jni| mqo| smq| ssk| bse| pyp| vsk| juc| wwj| qis| qmm| mhd| wxm| enp| izw| ttv| oak| trs| msb| eht| rel| jmr| isg| coe| ujd| nod| txz| ait| usj| emq| gmz| art| jir| ush| rle| iqc| ukx| pin| kld| elb| xzx| pyz|