Haset: Ortaçağ’da İngiltere Anglo-Norman Geleneğinde Sinsi Duygu

Year 2023, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 297 - 303, 29.12.2023

Hülya Taflı Düzgün , Tuba Arslan

https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1299860

Abstract

Roman de Horn ve Boeve de Haumtone, yolculukları boyunca cesurlaşan asil, yakışıklı ve iyi görünümlü kahramanları anlatan Anglo-Norman romanslarıdır. Yolculuklarına bir şekilde şanssızlıkla başlasalar da sonunda ikisi de zafere ulaşmaktadır. Kahramanların görünüşteki muhteşem özellikleri, doğal olarak diğerleri arasında hasete neden olmaktadır. Her iki romansta da kahramanlar haset edilenler tarafından kendilerine iddia edilen iftiralara karşı savaşmaktadır. Bu çalışma, ortaçağ Anglo-Norman Ingilteresindeki edebiyat geleneğinde hasetin nasıl ve neden önemli olduğunu felsefi ve duygusal bir perspektiften irdeleyecektir.

Keywords

Ortaçağ, Edebiyat, İngiltere, Duygu, Haset

Envy: An Insidious Emotion in Medieval Anglo-Norman Tradition of England

Abstract

There are two main categories of emotion theories: basic emotion and componential theories. While these theories are generally focused on the contemporary world, they may provide new perspectives on medieval literature. Roman de Horn and Boeve de Haumtone are Anglo-Norman romances that tell the stories of noble, handsome, and good-looking heroes who become courageous along their journeys. Although they somehow begin their journey with bad luck, they both triumph in the end. All these seemingly spectacular characteristics of the heroes naturally evoke envy among others. Envy occurs when someone's autonomy or closely identified persons/property is threatened. In both romances, the heroes battle against false accusations made by their enviers. In this respect, the major concern of this article is to explore how the philosophical and emotional significance of envy performs in medieval tradition.

Keywords

Middle Ages, Literature, England, Emotion, Envy

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