I Will Help You Carry the Earth on My Shoulders: The Rise of Female Affectivity in Marie de France\u27s Lais and Christine de Pizan\u27s the Book of the City of Ladies

This thesis will trace the progression of proto-feminist themes Marie de France and Christine de Pizan use to endorse women\u27s empowerment through gynocentricity and female affectivity. As medieval women writers, both faced many injustices that went along \u27with being a woman and a writer. Their solution, as seen in their themes, was for women to bond together to overcome the discrimination that hampered their lives and creativity