Petrarch: The Otherization and Humanization of “Laura”

-Petrarch’s View of Women from Laura

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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_56How to use a DOI?

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Petrarch; Laura; feminist perspective; Canzoniere

Abstract

As the “father of humanism”, Petrarch created the image of Laura, which was deeply rooted in people’s hearts. Laura also became the source of inspiration for his lifelong artistic creation, and even spiritual conversion. Current research on Petrarch focuses on the musicality of the sonnets and the study of his humanism, but less on Petrarch’s view of women. As a humanist pioneer of the Renaissance, it is of great significance to explore Petrarch’s view of women from a feminist perspective. This article will try to start with Petrarch’s most famous work “Canzoniere”, through the analysis of the image of Laura, combined with Petrarch’s life experience and the social status of women in the Renaissance background to explore Petrarch’s view of women.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tianji Liu
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - Petrarch: The Otherization and Humanization of “Laura”
BT  - Proceedings of the  2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 509
EP  - 514
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_56
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