A TRANSGENERATIONAL, CRYPTONOMIC, and SOCIOMETERIC ANALYSIS of MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE's HEPTAMERON by Kathleen M. Bradley
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A Transgenerational, Cryptonymy, and Sociometeric Analysis of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Bradley, Kathleen Marie Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 25/09/2021 16:50:35 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195091 1 A TRANSGENERATIONAL, CRYPTONOMIC, AND SOCIOMETERIC ANALYSIS OF MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE’S HEPTAMERON by Kathleen M. Bradley ______________________________ A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY WITH A MAJOR IN FRENCH In the Graduate College 2007 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Dissertation Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Kathleen M. Bradley entitled A Transgenerational, Cryptonomic, and Sociometric Analysis of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy ________________________________________ Date: May 3, 2007 Elizabeth Chesney Zegura ________________________________________ Date: May 3, 2007 Jonathan Beck ________________________________________ Date: May 3, 2007 Lise Leibacher Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate’s submission of the final corrected copies of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement. ___________________________________________ Date: May 3, 2007 Dissertation Director: Elizabeth Chesney Zegura 3 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertation are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. SIGNED: Kathleen Bradley 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to begin by thanking anyone and everyone directly or indirectly connected to me since I began this journey, especially my entire family. I would like to acknowledge the active role my parents, Kay and Jerry, played in supporting me emotionally and financially throughout this process. Their confidence and unending faith in me were always a source of inspiration. A special thank you goes to my sister, Karen, who was always there to listen, assist, and comfort me during stressful moments. I would also like to thank my children Sabrina and Stefan for their reassurance. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my dissertation advisor, Professor E. Zegura. Her time, patience, understanding, and continual encouragement were a blessing. Professor Zegura was positive, kind and extremely sensitive to my needs and for that I will be forever grateful. I would like to thank the other two committee members, Professor L. Leibacher, who kindly put together the defense announcement, and Professor J. Beck, for their attentive readings, guidance, input, and advice. My gratitude goes to Jim Gerrard who agreed to proof-read and to help me edit my various rough drafts. I would also like to mention my neighbors of East 8th Street, especially Jim and Mary Klein (my surrogate parents). Jim was always there as my tech support and Mary was very patient when we spent hours trying to solve computer problems. Last, but not least, I need to thank Mary Ann, who came into my life when I really needed an editor. My thanks would not be complete if I did not mention my U of A colleagues and their support and encouragement as I approached the end of my studies. 5 DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this work to my parents, Kay and Jerry Bradley, who were instrumental in helping me attain this goal. I also want to dedicate this dissertation to my children, Sabrina and Stefan, who encouraged me throughout the entire project. 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT.................................................................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 11 CHAPTER 1: TWENTIETH CENTURY THEORIES AND THEORISTS ....................................................................................................................... 27 Freudian Theory and the Development of the Human Psyche ................. 27 J.L. Moreno, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy ............................... 35 Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Family Therapy and Anne Ancelin Schützenberger, Transgenerational Psycho-Therapy................................ 42 Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok........................................................... 50 CHAPTER 2: MARGUERITE D’ANGOULÊME AND HER FAMILY... 58 Marguerite de Navarre and Writing: The Right to Write.......................... 58 Building Marguerite’s Genosociogram..................................................... 69 Patriarchy, the State, and Marguerite........................................................ 88 The Role of the Mother ........................................................................... 101 CHAPTER 3: IMPRISONMENT AND CAPTIVITY.............................. 119 Historical, Transgenerational View of Imprisonment in the Orléans- Valois-Angoulême Family Including Marriage and Endogamy............. 119 Marriage, Endogamy, and Captivity ....................................................... 140 CHAPTER 4: A CRITICAL LOOK AT SOCIETY ................................. 172 The Question of Infidelity ....................................................................... 172 Transference in Novella XLII ................................................................. 187 CHAPTER 5: WRITING THE WRONGS OF THE CLERGY ............... 209 Marguerite, her Ancestors, and the Church ............................................ 209 Humor in Making Fun of Monks and the Seriousness of Corrupt Clergy ................................................................................................................. 224 CHAPTER 6: SOCIOMETRY AND THE DEVISANTS........................... 237 Five Men, Five Women, and the Stories They Tell ................................ 237 Dialogue, Sociometry, and Social Interaction......................................... 271 7 CONCLUSION........................................................................................... 288 APPENDIX A: MARGUERITE’S GENOSOCIOGRAM ........................ 292 APPENDIX B: DEVISANTS, STORIES THEY TELL, MAIN THEMES OF EACH NOVELLA...................................................................................... 296 APPENDIX C: NOVELLAS’ MAIN THEMES, FACTUAL PEOPLE IN THE STORY, AND STORYTELLER....................................................... 298 APPENDIX D: CALCULATIONS OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PROLOGUES OF EACH DAY ................................................................. 304 APPENDIX E: CALCULATIONS OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EACH DEVISANT ON EACH DAY...................................................................... 307 APPENDIX F. DEVISANTS’ CONTRIBUTIONS PER NOVELLA PER DAY............................................................................................................ 315 APPENDIX G: SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE ORLÉANS-VALOIS- ANGOULÊME FAMILY........................................................................... 318 REFERENCES ........................................................................................... 323 8 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: SOCIOGRAM OF PROLOGUE DISCUSSIONS ................. 273 FIGURE 2: PROLOGUE............................................................................ 275 FIGURE 3: SITTING ON THE GRASS IN THE AFTERNOON ............ 276 FIGURE 4: SOCIOGRAM OF NOVELLA 24.......................................... 278 FIGURE 5: NOVELLA 53: 1st PART OF THE DISCUSSION ................ 281 FIGURE 6: NOVELLA 53: 2nd PART OF THE DISCUSSION ............... 282 FIGURE 7: NOVELLA 53: 3rd PART OF THE DISCUSSION................ 283 FIGURE 8: SOCIOGRAM OF NOVELLA 70.......................................... 284 FIGURE 9: NOVELLA 70: 1st PART OF THE DISCUSSION ............... 285 FIGURE 10: THREE DIALOGUES.......................................................... 285 9 ABSTRACT Due to her death in 1549, Marguerite de Navarre never completed her masterwork of seventy-two short stories, the Heptameron, which differs radically in style, subject matter, and approach from her earlier pious and spiritual literary output of theater and poetry. The Heptameron focuses primarily on transgressive human behaviors such as deception, seduction, rape, incest, and corruption. In her waning years after retiring from the court, Marguerite clearly