themes Flashcards
1
Q
individual vs society
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- nationalism vs feudalism
- protestanism vs catholicism
2
Q
gender & identity
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- j refusal to be defined by gender, instead vocation - modern & progressive
- reduction of joan
- inheritance & station vs own action
3
Q
power & authority
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- hierarchical nature of institutional authority: insistence on forms, resistant to change VS joan’s personal authority/leadership
4
Q
religion & miracles
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- j genuine religious fervour
- trappings of religious power, how it’s constructed and enforced through narratives (deliberate & artificial)
- j unable to resolve apparent tension between earthly concerns and divine inspiration
5
Q
medieval vs modern
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- joan doesn’t conform to their established frames of reference / whatever they believe to be true — she’s a witch / heretic?
