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The aim of this book is to challenge the traditionally held view of the image of the lady in medi... more The aim of this book is to challenge the traditionally held view of the image of the lady in medieval courtly lyric as either the summit of perfection or the source of all evil. Feminine images in courtly lyric have tended to be analysed in terms of a bipolar pattern represented by the wholly positive model of the bona domna in opposition to the entirely negative figure of the mala domna. It is argued in this essay that praise and blame are not opposite trends in this kind of poetry, but different representations of the feminine arising from the interaction between the misogynist background of cultural tradition and the civilizing trends characteristic of courtly literature. The scope of this work is Provençal troubadour lyric of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as well as love lyric written in Provençal and Catalan in the crown of Aragon over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A special attention is dedicated to the work of the Valencian poet Ausiàs March, who, fully assuming the controversial position of courtly ideals in late-medieval Catalan love lyric, reworks and renews the tenets of tradition to ensure the purposefulness and the prestige of learned love lyric. Detailed study of a representative selection of texts shows how deference for the lady, originally one of the signs of distinction defining courtly love lyric, is progressively displaced by other features of courtly discourse that grant distinction.
Books (edited) by Marion Coderch
Books (translated) by Marion Coderch
Letras Hispánicas. Cátedra: Madrid, 2017.
Papers by Marion Coderch
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This paper deals with the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among staff on ... more This paper deals with the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among staff on teaching-only contracts in UK higher education, particularly in contrast with the activities of researchactive staff. Drawing on the results of a quantitative study carried out during the summer of 2021 among modern foreign language teachers in 64 UK universities, the questions of the status and purpose of SoTL are addressed. The results of the survey show that, beyond the traditional two-tier division of academic labour based on the research vs. scholarship dichotomy, a third group of academic staff with no research or SoTL responsibilities has emerged in recent years. The paper concludes with recommendations to review the existing divisions between staff on research, SoTL and teaching-only contracts in order to create a more inclusive academic environment where individuals in different types of academic posts can fulfil their scholarly potential.
Language education during the pandemic: rushing online, assessment and community, 2023
This chapter lays out a framework for the reconsideration of assessment systems used in language ... more This chapter lays out a framework for the reconsideration of assessment systems used in language modules in the wake of the move to emergency remote teaching. It describes how the principles of holism, flexibility, choice and digital equity have emerged as the pillars of the reflection on assessment practices, looking into the potential implications of adopting these principles as the default foundations for future assessment systems. A case is made for the design of a model where online assessment grants all students equal opportunities to succeed, regardless of their technical, physical, human and social resources and circumstances, in both face-to-face and online teaching. Several aspects of assessment are considered, such as the nature, planning, scheduling and timing of tasks. The ongoing debate about the proliferation of academic misconduct in assessment practices—not only in language modules but widely in higher education—is factored in the discussion about the implementation of the principles mentioned above. The chapter concludes with a set of practical recommendations aimed at helping teachers to put these principles into practice. In all, the chapter offers language practitioners a resource for reflection and analysis of current and future assessment practices, focusing on how we can make the most of the learnings acquired during the move to online teaching to make assessment more diverse, inclusive and resilient.
La questio dels origens i el desenvolupament de la lirica cortesa a les corts occitanes durant le... more La questio dels origens i el desenvolupament de la lirica cortesa a les corts occitanes durant les ultimes decades del segle xi i al llarg del xii continua ocupant la critica literaria. Alguns dels estudis que s’hi han dedicat han identificat les claus de l’exit d’aquesta lirica amb alguns aspectes que consideren innovadors per al public de l’epoca, com ara l’exaltacio de l’amor huma i la posicio de poder en la qual apareix la dona. Aquest argument resulta poc convincent per dues raons: d’una banda, no considera la varietat de la casuistica amorosa que presenta la lirica trobadoresca; d’una altra banda, no te en compte que aquests motius ja eren presents en altres manifestacions liriques. En aquest article mostrem que l’atractiu de la lirica cortesa per a la seva audiencia no raia en aquests trets, sino en altres aspectes exclusius d’aquesta manifestacio i, per tant, innovadors. Tambe afirmem que la sobirania que s’ha atribuit a la dona en la lirica cortesa es, en realitat, ficticia...
Anuario De Estudios Medievales, 2015
espanolLa lirica amorosa catalana de los siglos XIV y XV y la lirica castellana de cancionero, ad... more espanolLa lirica amorosa catalana de los siglos XIV y XV y la lirica castellana de cancionero, ademas de ser manifestaciones literarias contemporaneas y proximas en el espacio, comparten algunas caracteristicas: ambas se inscriben en la tradicion lirica cortes en lengua romance iniciada por los trovadores provenzales. Sin embargo, ciertos rasgos definitorios de la lirica de los poetas catalanes y valencianos de estos siglos implican la puesta en cuestion de algunos planteamientos basicos de la cortesia. En ocasiones, los poetas llegan a despojar los ideales corteses de su valor original, desacreditandolos en tanto que fuente de bien y de virtudes para el amante. En este articulo partimos de la constatacion de estas caracteristicas para analizar la lirica castellana en busca de posibles manifestaciones similares. El analisis que llevamos a cabo se centra en tres motivos: la valoracion de los usos amorosos contemporaneos, la imagen del amante cortes y la presencia en la ficcion poetic...
... Bernart de Ventadorn: Lo fin amic?: Imatges negatives de la Domna. Autores: Marion Coderch; L... more ... Bernart de Ventadorn: Lo fin amic?: Imatges negatives de la Domna. Autores: Marion Coderch; Localización: Anuari de filologia. Secció G, Filologia romànica, ISSN 1131-6918, Vol. 20, Nº 8, 1997 , págs. 31-44. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The aim of this activity report is to provide an initial appraisal of the current makeup of the p... more The aim of this activity report is to provide an initial appraisal of the current makeup of the professional group of modern foreign language teachers in UK Higher Education. The report is in two parts: a literature review that identifies the main defining qualities of modern foreign languages teachers, and an evaluation of the professional and academic profiles of language teachers in UK higher education, as displayed in the institutional websites of the universities where they work. The analysis of the data collected corroborates the characteristics identified in the literature: the low status of teaching staff, the often unconventional entry paths into the profession, the prevalence of the “native speaker” construct as a desirable feature in candidates who aspire to teach the language, the disparity in qualifications of language teachers, and their low engagement in research activities. Future prospects involve the verification (or amendment, where necessary) of the data collecte...
Adentrandonos En La Literatura Catalana Edad Media 2013 Isbn 9788436265767 Pags 127 160, 2013
The use of feudal vocabulary is the most innovative feature of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Oc... more The use of feudal vocabulary is the most innovative feature of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Occitan troubadour love lyric. The Catalan and Valencian poets who continued and reworked this tradition over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries preserved this convention with varying degrees of fidelity. The aim of this paper is to identify trends in the use of feudal vocabulary in the works of Catalan and Valencian poets, and to interpret these tendencies in the light of contemporary historic developments. The poets’ choices in selecting materials from the previous tradition provide valuable information about their strategies of adaptation to the requirements of their audiences. This analysis will allow delimitating similarities and differences between classical troubadour lyric and the works of later Catalan and Valencian poets, an essential step towards the definition of Catalan poetry in the late Middle Ages. The specific identity of this poetic expression has yet to be outlined, since it has traditionally been described in the context of disparaging comparisons with other earlier and contemporary poetic traditions.
Si es demanés al públic lector d'aquest article quina és la valoració que fa Ausiàs March de les ... more Si es demanés al públic lector d'aquest article quina és la valoració que fa Ausiàs March de les dones en la seva poesia, hi hauria una quantitat considerable de persones que respondrien que March era un poeta misogin i que l'opinió que li mereixia el gènere femení era decididament negativa. I seria una resposta prou encertada. Aquesta percepció de les dones en general és el resultat del procés que du a terme March en adaptar i superar alguns dels ingredients de la tradició lírica anterior per adaptar-los al seu projecte poètic.
The development of courtly lyric in Occitan courts during the eleventh and twelfth centuries is s... more The development of courtly lyric in Occitan courts during the eleventh and twelfth centuries is still a subject of study for literary criticism. Some of the essays that have dealt with this matter have linked the success of courtly lyric to its apparently innovative features, such as the exaltation of human love and the depiction of women in a position of power. However, this argument is less than convincing: on the one hand, it ignores the extraordinarily varied love casuistry in troubadour lyric; on the other hand, it obviates the presence of such literary motifs in previous and contemporary poetic traditions. This paper shows that the success of courtly lyric is not owed to these aspects, but to a different set of features that were truly new and exclusive to the courtly milieu. It is also argued that the alleged sovereignty of women in courtly lyric is actually false. Examples from Provençal, Catalan and Valencian lyric texts from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries are quoted in support of these ideas.
The aim of this book is to challenge the traditionally held view of the image of the lady in medi... more The aim of this book is to challenge the traditionally held view of the image of the lady in medieval courtly lyric as either the summit of perfection or the source of all evil. Feminine images in courtly lyric have tended to be analysed in terms of a bipolar pattern represented by the wholly positive model of the bona domna in opposition to the entirely negative figure of the mala domna. It is argued in this essay that praise and blame are not opposite trends in this kind of poetry, but different representations of the feminine arising from the interaction between the misogynist background of cultural tradition and the civilizing trends characteristic of courtly literature. The scope of this work is Provençal troubadour lyric of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as well as love lyric written in Provençal and Catalan in the crown of Aragon over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A special attention is dedicated to the work of the Valencian poet Ausiàs March, who, fully assuming the controversial position of courtly ideals in late-medieval Catalan love lyric, reworks and renews the tenets of tradition to ensure the purposefulness and the prestige of learned love lyric. Detailed study of a representative selection of texts shows how deference for the lady, originally one of the signs of distinction defining courtly love lyric, is progressively displaced by other features of courtly discourse that grant distinction.
Letras Hispánicas. Cátedra: Madrid, 2017.
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This paper deals with the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among staff on ... more This paper deals with the role of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among staff on teaching-only contracts in UK higher education, particularly in contrast with the activities of researchactive staff. Drawing on the results of a quantitative study carried out during the summer of 2021 among modern foreign language teachers in 64 UK universities, the questions of the status and purpose of SoTL are addressed. The results of the survey show that, beyond the traditional two-tier division of academic labour based on the research vs. scholarship dichotomy, a third group of academic staff with no research or SoTL responsibilities has emerged in recent years. The paper concludes with recommendations to review the existing divisions between staff on research, SoTL and teaching-only contracts in order to create a more inclusive academic environment where individuals in different types of academic posts can fulfil their scholarly potential.
Language education during the pandemic: rushing online, assessment and community, 2023
This chapter lays out a framework for the reconsideration of assessment systems used in language ... more This chapter lays out a framework for the reconsideration of assessment systems used in language modules in the wake of the move to emergency remote teaching. It describes how the principles of holism, flexibility, choice and digital equity have emerged as the pillars of the reflection on assessment practices, looking into the potential implications of adopting these principles as the default foundations for future assessment systems. A case is made for the design of a model where online assessment grants all students equal opportunities to succeed, regardless of their technical, physical, human and social resources and circumstances, in both face-to-face and online teaching. Several aspects of assessment are considered, such as the nature, planning, scheduling and timing of tasks. The ongoing debate about the proliferation of academic misconduct in assessment practices—not only in language modules but widely in higher education—is factored in the discussion about the implementation of the principles mentioned above. The chapter concludes with a set of practical recommendations aimed at helping teachers to put these principles into practice. In all, the chapter offers language practitioners a resource for reflection and analysis of current and future assessment practices, focusing on how we can make the most of the learnings acquired during the move to online teaching to make assessment more diverse, inclusive and resilient.
La questio dels origens i el desenvolupament de la lirica cortesa a les corts occitanes durant le... more La questio dels origens i el desenvolupament de la lirica cortesa a les corts occitanes durant les ultimes decades del segle xi i al llarg del xii continua ocupant la critica literaria. Alguns dels estudis que s’hi han dedicat han identificat les claus de l’exit d’aquesta lirica amb alguns aspectes que consideren innovadors per al public de l’epoca, com ara l’exaltacio de l’amor huma i la posicio de poder en la qual apareix la dona. Aquest argument resulta poc convincent per dues raons: d’una banda, no considera la varietat de la casuistica amorosa que presenta la lirica trobadoresca; d’una altra banda, no te en compte que aquests motius ja eren presents en altres manifestacions liriques. En aquest article mostrem que l’atractiu de la lirica cortesa per a la seva audiencia no raia en aquests trets, sino en altres aspectes exclusius d’aquesta manifestacio i, per tant, innovadors. Tambe afirmem que la sobirania que s’ha atribuit a la dona en la lirica cortesa es, en realitat, ficticia...
Anuario De Estudios Medievales, 2015
espanolLa lirica amorosa catalana de los siglos XIV y XV y la lirica castellana de cancionero, ad... more espanolLa lirica amorosa catalana de los siglos XIV y XV y la lirica castellana de cancionero, ademas de ser manifestaciones literarias contemporaneas y proximas en el espacio, comparten algunas caracteristicas: ambas se inscriben en la tradicion lirica cortes en lengua romance iniciada por los trovadores provenzales. Sin embargo, ciertos rasgos definitorios de la lirica de los poetas catalanes y valencianos de estos siglos implican la puesta en cuestion de algunos planteamientos basicos de la cortesia. En ocasiones, los poetas llegan a despojar los ideales corteses de su valor original, desacreditandolos en tanto que fuente de bien y de virtudes para el amante. En este articulo partimos de la constatacion de estas caracteristicas para analizar la lirica castellana en busca de posibles manifestaciones similares. El analisis que llevamos a cabo se centra en tres motivos: la valoracion de los usos amorosos contemporaneos, la imagen del amante cortes y la presencia en la ficcion poetic...
... Bernart de Ventadorn: Lo fin amic?: Imatges negatives de la Domna. Autores: Marion Coderch; L... more ... Bernart de Ventadorn: Lo fin amic?: Imatges negatives de la Domna. Autores: Marion Coderch; Localización: Anuari de filologia. Secció G, Filologia romànica, ISSN 1131-6918, Vol. 20, Nº 8, 1997 , págs. 31-44. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The aim of this activity report is to provide an initial appraisal of the current makeup of the p... more The aim of this activity report is to provide an initial appraisal of the current makeup of the professional group of modern foreign language teachers in UK Higher Education. The report is in two parts: a literature review that identifies the main defining qualities of modern foreign languages teachers, and an evaluation of the professional and academic profiles of language teachers in UK higher education, as displayed in the institutional websites of the universities where they work. The analysis of the data collected corroborates the characteristics identified in the literature: the low status of teaching staff, the often unconventional entry paths into the profession, the prevalence of the “native speaker” construct as a desirable feature in candidates who aspire to teach the language, the disparity in qualifications of language teachers, and their low engagement in research activities. Future prospects involve the verification (or amendment, where necessary) of the data collecte...
Adentrandonos En La Literatura Catalana Edad Media 2013 Isbn 9788436265767 Pags 127 160, 2013
The use of feudal vocabulary is the most innovative feature of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Oc... more The use of feudal vocabulary is the most innovative feature of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Occitan troubadour love lyric. The Catalan and Valencian poets who continued and reworked this tradition over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries preserved this convention with varying degrees of fidelity. The aim of this paper is to identify trends in the use of feudal vocabulary in the works of Catalan and Valencian poets, and to interpret these tendencies in the light of contemporary historic developments. The poets’ choices in selecting materials from the previous tradition provide valuable information about their strategies of adaptation to the requirements of their audiences. This analysis will allow delimitating similarities and differences between classical troubadour lyric and the works of later Catalan and Valencian poets, an essential step towards the definition of Catalan poetry in the late Middle Ages. The specific identity of this poetic expression has yet to be outlined, since it has traditionally been described in the context of disparaging comparisons with other earlier and contemporary poetic traditions.
Si es demanés al públic lector d'aquest article quina és la valoració que fa Ausiàs March de les ... more Si es demanés al públic lector d'aquest article quina és la valoració que fa Ausiàs March de les dones en la seva poesia, hi hauria una quantitat considerable de persones que respondrien que March era un poeta misogin i que l'opinió que li mereixia el gènere femení era decididament negativa. I seria una resposta prou encertada. Aquesta percepció de les dones en general és el resultat del procés que du a terme March en adaptar i superar alguns dels ingredients de la tradició lírica anterior per adaptar-los al seu projecte poètic.
The development of courtly lyric in Occitan courts during the eleventh and twelfth centuries is s... more The development of courtly lyric in Occitan courts during the eleventh and twelfth centuries is still a subject of study for literary criticism. Some of the essays that have dealt with this matter have linked the success of courtly lyric to its apparently innovative features, such as the exaltation of human love and the depiction of women in a position of power. However, this argument is less than convincing: on the one hand, it ignores the extraordinarily varied love casuistry in troubadour lyric; on the other hand, it obviates the presence of such literary motifs in previous and contemporary poetic traditions. This paper shows that the success of courtly lyric is not owed to these aspects, but to a different set of features that were truly new and exclusive to the courtly milieu. It is also argued that the alleged sovereignty of women in courtly lyric is actually false. Examples from Provençal, Catalan and Valencian lyric texts from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries are quoted in support of these ideas.
Les Bienveillantes (2006), a novel written in French by North-American author Jonathan Littell, c... more Les Bienveillantes (2006), a novel written in French by North-American author Jonathan Littell, contains several references to myths and themes of the medieval Western tradition, particularly to the legend of Tristan and Isolde. This essay shows how the contemporary writer resorts to the old myth to draw parallel lines between the story of Tristan and Isolde and the ill-fated love life of the main character, depicting the tragic aspect of an impossible love. The paper also demonstrates how Littell reworks and updates the medieval legend, overcoming the boundaries of the old story and adapting it to the troubled period in which the action of the novel is set. The writer uses this new view on the myth to describe the anxiety of an individual tortured by his tumultuous environment and by the impossibility to live by his ideals.
RicaRd BellveseR (cooRd.) d. BohleR · d. de couRcelles · a. coRtijo · e. lacaRRa t. MaRtínez · v.... more RicaRd BellveseR (cooRd.) d. BohleR · d. de couRcelles · a. coRtijo · e. lacaRRa t. MaRtínez · v. MaRtines · X. coMpany · R. Ríos · M. siMó j. Butinyà · i. GRifoll · a. annicchiaRico · j. M. fuRió a. i. peiRats · M. pieRa · v. j. escaRtí · M. RodRiGo · M. codeRch M. GóMez · M. a. coRonel · j. coRtés · Mª l. MandinGoRRa e. MiRa · a. feRRando · R. aRcheR · p. M. oRts
Catalan-Valencian love poetry of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and cancionero Castilian ... more Catalan-Valencian love poetry of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and cancionero Castilian poetry are not only linked by geographical and temporal bonds, but also share the same origins: both are heirs, each one in its own way, to the poetic tradition of Provençal troubadours. However, some of the characteristic features of fourteenth and fifteenth centuries’ Catalan-Valencian poetry involve a revision and a discussion of some of the fundamental ideas in the courtly love code. In some cases, poets even strip courtly ideals of their original ennobling power. The starting point of this paper is the acknowledgement of such attitudes among Catalan and Valencian poets. The aim of this essay is to identify the possible concurrence of such topics in Castilian poetry, in order to draw an outline of similarities and differences between the Catalan-Valencian and the Castilian poetic traditions in the treatment of conventional courtly love motifs. To this end, text analysis is carried out around three main topics: the lover’s attitude towards contemporary courtly love habits, the image of the courtly lover, and the presence of other men –potential rivals for the lover– within poetic fiction. Finally, the results of this comparative exercise are assessed in connection with the political and social context of the time.
This essay studies gender representation in fourteenth and fifteenth century’s treatises in defen... more This essay studies gender representation in fourteenth and fifteenth century’s treatises in defence of women, written within the context of the Querelle des Femmes. Taking the undoubtedly patriarchal nature of Western tradition as a starting point, the author identifies the most valued qualities of women and examines the vision of feminine virtue in these works, specially in Álvaro de Luna’s Libro de las virtuosas e claras mugeres. This analysis shows that feminine virtue is often linked to female performance in fields that were traditionally deemed as masculine, such as politics and war; in other cases, it appears conditioned to self-sacrifice and renunciation of female features and functions, like sexual activity, motherhood, or external feminine traits. The ascertainment of this fact calls into question the role of such defence treatises as effective statements of feminine virtue.
The legacy of Bernart de Ventadorn (fl. 1147-1170) in Catalan and Valencian lyric of the 14th and... more The legacy of Bernart de Ventadorn (fl. 1147-1170) in Catalan and Valencian lyric of the 14th and 15th centuries, while as important as his impact on German and French traditions (for instance, Gaucelm Faidit, fl. 1172-1203), is much less known. This article fills an important gap by tracing intertextual echoes of one poem, "Lo rossinhols s’esbaudeya," in later texts by Pere Torroella (ca. 1420-95, author of poems in Catalan and Castilian, and the central figure at the court of Juan II of Aragon, including in Naples from 1450, and Carlos IV of Navarra), Gilabert de Próixita (fl. 1392-1405, author of 21 extant Catalan poems, whose family, originary of Naples, was connected to Pere the Great), Joan Berenguer de Masdovelles (author of some 180 poems, the greatest medieval poetic corpus in Catalan, active in Barcelona ca.1442-76), and the Valencian poet writing in Catalan Joan Roís de Corella (1435-1497).
Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 46/2 (2016), pp. 1028-1029
Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 46/2 (2016), pp. 1023-1024