Now that we have finished the Mist of Avalon, I was once
again fascinated at getting a different perspective in which the women
portrayed were the main focus even though Arthur was involved. To me, it was interesting to see the female
characters actually have a lead story built in besides Guinevere (even though
she was included too). I do like change ups in story and this shed some new
light as to how what the women were saying and thinking during that time. It
was good to be in their shoes for once instead of being in the knights’ the
whole time. Even coming through a guy’s point of view, I’ve wondered at times
during some of the past readings what possibly could have been going through
some of the maiden’s head. When combined
feminism with the Mist of Avalon, the part when Lancelot doubted Morgaine could
climb the Tor because of her skirt really stuck in my head. Her best quote was
“…surely men know that women have legs like their own. It cannot be so much of
an offense of modesty to see what they must be able to imagine.” I think this was the perfect quote to compare
when talking about the ideas of feminist.
Morgaine wasn’t afraid to get rough and dirty as all maidens are supposed
to have some moral of staying clean and proper for their men. Lancelot was
surprised that she was out of the ordinary, but men today are shocked how women
can do the same things men can do, even better. I am interested in reading
Knight Life. I am looking forward to the kid-type merlin and a 1980’s Arthur running
for mayor.
Unlike everyone in class, I thought the ritual of the
hunting of the dear was stranger than the incest between Arthur and
Morgaine. It took me a while to realize
that Morgaine was under the influence of something (basically drugs). However,
the whole process of hunting the deer had me a bit lost until I read further and
with a little more assistance in class.
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When we discussed fan fiction, I didn’t quite understand
what it was until I investigated it further. I had an idea of what it was but
my perception was a little off. There is
actually a site: www.fanfiction.net in
which you can see all types of genres based on shows, games, movies, etc. All
fan fiction. Some of the stories are so detailed to add an extra storyline to
what has already been conceived. It is crazy
how people can carry on with such an imagination with their favorite novels or
movies. I always thought of fan fiction for TV shows were related to spin off
shows. For example “Breaking Bad” was a television show, but they are doing a
spin off show concentrating on Saul “Better Call Saul” could this be a fan
fiction? I don’t know how spin offs work but that’s what’d I’d imagine a fan
fiction to be.
I'd heard about fan fiction but have yet to read any. There is so much of it out there. Dr. MB's lecture on fan fiction prompted me to look up Henry Jenkins' books and his blog.
ReplyDelete…surely men know that women have legs like their own. It cannot be so much of an offense of modesty to see what they must be able to imagine.”
ReplyDelete^ I loved that quote. Like what is "modesty" and yeah, would they not imagine that women have legs? I love that Morgaine really was pointing out the unfair, societal expectations of her-even her being a priestess.