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Identifier	Thesis 1972
Author	Helvie, Forrest C.
Title	The Madness of Sir Lancelot: The Problem of Identity in Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2008
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur depicts characters facing problems of identity. Chief among them, Sir Lancelot faces temporary madness when overwhelmed by the incompatible roles he plays in Arthur's court. A useful theoretical lens for examining these identity problems is identity performance theory. I expand upon Dorsey Armstrong's argument for the role of identity performance and formation in Malory's text by examining the "Lancelot and Elaine" episode because this selection contains important psychological insights into Lancelot, and provides illustrations of identity performance. I show how both Malory's biography and late-medieval political, social, and cultural history echo these postmodern concerns demonstrating the validity of applying postmodern theory to a fifteenth-century text. I then explore identity performance theory showing identity as socially constructed. The following section provides an in-depth discussion of identity performance. Next, to better contextualize and analyze Lancelot's period of madness, I discuss late-medieval conceptions and treatments of insanity from a number of different studies. Finally, I examine Lancelot's six roles: Arthur's knight, Gwenyver's paramour, Elaine's lover, Galahad's sire, a madman, and Le Shyvalre Mafete. I argue Lancelot recognizes his imperfection as a knight, fails to fit into the rigid identity scripts Arthur's court expects him to perform, and extricates himself from the socially constructed and unyielding identities placed upon him as a Knight of the Round Table through his performance.
Subject	Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. Morte d'Arthur Lancelot (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism
Department	Department of English
Advisor	Barrington, Candace
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735000
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