The literary ingenuity of the Old French petticoat fabliau distinguishes it from other fabliaux telling similar stories of successful cuckolding. … Read the post petticoat fabliau: story-acting solves real problem
Laughter in fabliaux copes with violence against men. Violence against men is more severe than violence against women. That isn’t socially recognized. … Read the post violence against men in fabliaux and reality
Two Old French works, the fabliau The Fisherman of Pont-sur-Seine and the lai Lecheor, together demean men’s persons to a vagina-directed penis. … Read the post Fisherman of Pont-sur-Seine and Lecheor demean men’s persons
Here’s a tool for finding and analyzing modern English translations of Old French fabliaux. It’s call the fabliaux bibliographic dataset. … Read the post Old French fabliaux in modern English translations
In contrast to the Canterbury Tales, medieval fabliaux feature non-commercially-sponsored story contests with participatory judgment. … Read the post participation in contest judgment in medieval literature