A donzela Laida e o enigma da feiura em a demanda do Santo Graal

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Schimid, Vanessa Annecchini
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Mestrado em Letras; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras
• Palavras-chave em Português: Medieval Portuguese Narrative; A demanda do Santo Graal – Criticism and interpretation; Medieval Feminine Character; Medieval Ugliness – Literary Theme; Narrativa medieval portuguesa; A demanda do Santo Graal – Crítica e interpretação; Personagem feminina medieval; Feiura medieval – Tema literário; Literatura portuguesa - História e crítica; Literatura medieval; Personagens literários; Feiúra; Graal - História e crítica; Letras; 82
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/9210

This work analyses the feminine ugliness in the Medieval context (13th century) by means of a study of the character laida in A demanda do Santo Graal, when considering the ambiguity of her figure and having in mind the importance of her benevolent function – to prevent the tragic destiny of Galvam – versus the adjective “ugly”, which she is given in order to not particularize her. Therefore, tries to understand such antagonistic aspects that configure the character’s ambiguity and its relation to the masculine perception of women in that period. It tries to prove the hypothesis that laida, in spite of the polarization that characterizes the feminine studies about A demanda do Santo Graal, in which woman is idealized under the light of courteous love or generally condemned by Christianity with the exception of Holly Mary, the aim of this dissertation is to prove the hypothesis that laida inscribes herself in a between place marked by Celtic and Christian cultures, inside a universe of evident misogynist and pedagogic tone.