%0 Journal Article
%T Christine de Pizan e la rilettura della tradizione
%J -
%D 2011
%X Le Livre de la Cit¨¦ des Dames, written in 1405, continue the program of rewriting those books, which Cristine began in the debate on Jean de Meung¡¯s view of women in the Roman de la Rose. In building her city of ladies as a challenge to the book of men, however, Christine turned to the work of a male writer for her source, Boccaccio¡¯s De claris mulieribus. The relationship between the two writers is complicated by Christine paradoxical reliance on Boccaccio¡¯s text, and his authority as a male author, in her attempt to refute the traditional representation of women by male authors and write the history of women from her special and revolutionary perspective as a woman. Thus, while Christine de Pizan uses Boccaccio as a source and refers to him as a witness in support of her claims, at the same time she is involved in a revision and correction of his conception of women¡¯s capabilities. Therefore, she aims to defend the position of women in society, which she believes has been obscured and misrepresented by male tradition. Keywords: women¡¯s history and writing gender ¨C women and power (political, social and economical) - rewriting of the literary tradition Parole chiave: storia delle donne e scrittura di genere ¨C donne e potere (politico, sociale ed economico) ¨C riscrittura della tradizione letterari
%U http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/donneericerca/article/view/691