არგონავტები და მედეა შუა საუკუნეების და რენესანსის ეპოქის ინგლისურენოვან ლიტერატურაში (ჯეფრი ჩოსერი, ჯონ ლიდგეიტი)
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2016
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Myth of the Argonauts and Medea was always popular in the Medieval
Ages, but mostly it was based on Latin version, not the Greek one. Later, when
the Greek versions became available and knowledge about Classical literature
increased in Europe, Medea’s image was based mostly on the Greek version.
This transformation can be well traced in English literature, especially in the
works of John Lydgate. Geoffrey Chaucer and John Lydgate are two major
authors who treat the Argonaut’s myth. While Lydgate includes their story in
the cycle of Troy Book and in another story, Fall of Princes, Chaucer made
Medea a protagonist and included her story in his “Legend of Good Women”.
Chaucer’s Medea is not a sinner, but rather a seduced woman, who was
abandoned. Chaucer made Medea different from classical and Renaissance
versions, because of two reasons: 1) Chaucer did not know Greek version of the
myth,2) Medea was supposed to be a protagonist in his work, therefore, a
positive hero. As for Lydgate, Medea in his early works also seems to be more
positive than in later one – Fall of Princes, which was determined by one fact:
he became acquainted with Giovanni Boccaccio’s work, who knew the Greek
version also and as a result, Lydgate’s attitude has changed.
Medea’s image in Medieval and early Renaissance Ages was less studied
in Georgian scientific literature, therefore we decided to pay attention to this
issue and we hope, that it will increase the interest in this topic.
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https://geohistory.humanities.tsu.ge/ge/procedings/83-shromebi/165-shromebi-10.html
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არგონავტები, ჩოსერი, ლიდგეიტი, მედეა
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები, X, თბილისი, 2016, გვ. 225-239 / Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Institute of Georgian History Proceedings, X, Tbilisi, 2016, pp. 225-239