Mackley, J. S. (2016) Sir Gawain and the ritual process. In: Hulubas, A. and Repciuc, I. (eds.) The Rites of Passage Time after Time. Isai: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press. pp. 333-349.
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Abstract:
In the Middle English Romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain is offered a challenge to strike his opponent, the Green Knight, and then to receive a return blow a year later. The challenge and the consequences of Gawain’s actions, when considered through the lens of Arnold van Gennep’s Rites of Passage (as well as some of the sources that informed van Gennep’s study), highlight aspects of the ritual process. These elements include a magico‐religious fraternity, receiving of (and being received as) a stranger in a new environment, vegetation rites, covenant pledges and separation and inclusion rituals. The text of Gawain demonstrates that he undertakes a form of pre‐liminal testing in hostile terrains, while the Green Knight’s second test represents liminal testing and transition, and Gawain returns to Camelot for a postliminal rite of incorporation.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Gawain, Green Knight, separation and inclusion ritual, vegetation rites, covenant pledges.
Subjects:
Creators:
Mackley, J. S.
Editors:
Hulubas, A. and Repciuc, I.
Publisher:
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Date:
23 December 2016
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 333-349
Title of Book:
The Rites of Passage Time after Time
Place of Publication:
Isai
Number of Pages:
394
Language:
English
ISBN:
9786067143171
Media of Output:
Collected volume of essays
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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