Researcher ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4247-980X
Graduation Year
2023
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
European Studies
Reader 1
Corey Tazzara
Reader 2
Kenneth Wolf
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Abstract
In this thesis, I examine Chaucer through the lens of the Querelle des Femmes. It has been widely accepted that Chaucer was a proto-feminist, due to his poems that centered on the lives of women, and the prologue for the iconic Wife of Bath, but I will prove that, in reality, the stories in The Canterbury Tales are not about women, but rather about men and that Chaucer upholds systems of patriarchy. Overall, Chaucer’s works are homo-social, meaning they are about and for men.
Recommended Citation
Sar, Emma MK, "Geoffrey Chaucer: Neither Proto- nor Anti-Feminist" (2023). Scripps Senior Theses. 2112.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2112
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
