%0 Journal Article
%T Des apparences fantasm¨¦es dans les fabliaux ¨¦rotiques
%A Sophie Poitral
%J Apparence(s) : Histoire et Culture du Para£¿tre
%D 2008
%I IRHiS-Septentrion
%X R¨¦sum¨¦ : Compos¨¦s de la fin du XIIe si¨¨cle au XIVe si¨¨cle, les fabliaux ¨¦rotiques posent la question du corps et de son langage. Ses composantes - v¨ºtement, physionomie, allure et gestuelle - participent ¨¤ la duperie qui caract¨¦rise bien souvent l¡¯univers des fabliaux. L¡¯analyse des emplois de l¡¯apparence dans quelques fabliaux ¨¦rotiques fran ais, aux auteurs anonymes ou connus, permet de d¨¦finir le r le central des apparences dans les stratag¨¨mes mis en  uvre et montre la richesse des enjeux du para tre dans l¡¯¨¦rotisme occidental du Moyen  ge : le travestissement sexuel est trait¨¦ de mani¨¨res diff¨¦rentes selon les sexes. L¡¯apparence f¨¦minine de l¡¯homme leurre le mari et permet ¨¤ la femme rus¨¦e de commettre l¡¯adult¨¨re, tandis que la femme travestie en homme soul¨¨ve la question du pouvoir et du sexe dans la relation conjugale et dans la soci¨¦t¨¦. D¡¯autre part, le d¨¦guisement parodique masque l¡¯identit¨¦ de celui qui trompe par ses faux-semblants et accumule les situations carnavalesques qui tournent ¨¤ l¡¯avantage de l¡¯imposteur. Le mirage ¨¦rotique met quant ¨¤ lui en question le regard du voyeur, victime d¡¯une illusion d¡¯optique, et enfin le langage m¨¦tamorphose l¡¯apparence des organes sexuels, aux d¨¦pens des jeunes filles innocentes. Abstract : Analysing fantasised appearances in erotic fabliaux Erotic fabliaux, poems composed from the late 12th to the 14th century, bring into focus the question of the body and its language. Its various constituents - clothes, physionomy, bearing and body movements - all contribute to producing the deceit which is so characteristic of the world of fabliaux. Analysing how looks are exploited in a couple of French fabliaux both by unknown or renowned writers enables us better to define the key function of looks in the various strategies thus developed and to see just how complex and fundamental questions of aspect are in medieval western eroticism. Transvestism, for one thing, operates differently according to sex. Men passing themselves off as women trick unsuspicious husbands, freeing the way for their cunning wives wanting to commit adultery, whilst females dressed as males underscore the question of sex and power in marital relations as well as society. In much the same way, parodic disguises are a means of concealing the deceiver¡¯s identity and allow for strings of grotesque situations which turn to the trickster¡¯s advantage. The erotic mirage calls into question the gaze of the viewer, fallen prey to an eye illusion. Finally, language is used to transform genitals, thus constituting a threat to innocent maidens.
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