Yonec : A Poetic Fairytale
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 55; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00332925.2012.649231
ISSN1556-3030
Autores ResumoYonec, by Marie de France, is a fairytale-like poem from the 12th century, one of twelve tales in a collection of her work that has become known as Les Lais de Marie de France. 1 1. G. S. Burgess & K. Busby, eds. The Lais of Marie de France (London: Penguin Books, 1986). Like many folk tales, it relates to a divine female figure that must be freed from imprisonment. Here a young noble lady is redeemed and, in turn, goes out on the quest for her redeemer. Yonec anticipates the religious problem of modern times, since it arises from a particularly meaningful period of time that produced a whole series of literary manifestations that witnessed the blossoming of the archetype of Eros and the presence of Merlin. The present-day appeal is that we sense the need of the soul for wholeness, and the need of the spirit of nature for redemption, echoing the collective situation of Marie de France's epoch.
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