Guy’s Transformation inStanzaic Guy of Warwickas a Sensory Experience

Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English (UK)

Israa Alqallab¹ 

[1] Bangor University

关键词: Middle English romance;    Medieval theological voluntarism;    Duns Scotus;    the supernatural;    senses;   

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: University of Durham

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this article is to read Guy’s transformation in the context of the late thirteenth-century voluntarist moral philosophy and discourse on emotions. It proposes that the late thirteenth-century voluntarist approach to emotions provides the philosophical basis for the literary representation of Guy’s moral transformation as a sensory experience. It mainly argues that Guy’s transformation is a sensory experience in which affections rather than reason predominate. Accordingly, the supernatural in Stanzaic Guy of Warwick is examined as a sensory phenomenon that amplifies Guy’s affections for justice, reinforces his arational choice to transform as a free choice of the will, and consequently guides him through his journey.

【 授权许可】

CC BY