Browsing by Author "Gęsicka, Anna"

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    Absence de décision. Examen de quelques récits brefs des XIIe et XIIIe siècles
    (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydawnictwo Werset, 2012) Gęsicka, Anna
    The absence of decision-making is one of the aspects of the issues of will and choices in short French court narratives of the XII and XIII centuries. The paper focuses on two executions that present this motif. Protagonists facing numerous options – or, on the contrary, being faced with dramatic turning points in the plot that restrict their choices – feel a kind of decision deadlock. In the analysed texts, the absence of decision – short or long term – is shown in the narratives with ‘ne set que faire’ formula (“does not know what to do”) and a reference to advice needed by the indecisive protagonist.
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    Sacrum et profanum dans Yonec de Marie de France (XIIe siècle)
    (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydawnictwo Werset, 2013) Gęsicka, Anna
    In the Breton lais, we encounter a brilliant marriage of the Celtic and Christian « marvel » (merveilleux), which is revealed on various semiotic levels. The zones of sacrum and profanum interpenetrate and provoke the reader’s afterthoughts with abundant and profound imagery. In Yonec by Marie de France, at the moment when the coming from Autre Monde protagonist is receiving the Eucharist, he con-stitutes one body with his beloved. In this paper, I attempt to uncover a spiritual meaning/message underlying the text, characters-symbols. The clue to this analysis is the idea of transition: from one status to another, from one figure to another, or from one meaning to another.