Heptaméron

E677496

Renaissance literature frame narrative short story collection

Heptaméron is a 16th-century collection of framed short stories modeled on Boccaccio’s Decameron, notable for its exploration of love, morality, and gender relations in Renaissance France.

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Surface form	Occurrences
L’Heptaméron des nouvelles	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance literature ⓘ frame narrative ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
author	Marguerite de Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Marguerite of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsDialogueOn	ethics of love ⓘ role of women in society ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
examines	courtly love conventions ⓘ double standards in sexual morality ⓘ tension between passion and virtue ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury	16th century ⓘ
firstPublishedAs	Histoires des amans fortunez NERFINISHED ⓘ
frameSetting	travelers stranded by floods ⓘ
genre	novella collection ⓘ short stories ⓘ
hasCharacterRole	female storytellers ⓘ male storytellers ⓘ
hasLiterarySignificance	important text for the study of early modern views on women ⓘ major example of French framed tale tradition ⓘ
hasNarratorGroupSize	10 ⓘ
hasTheme	conflict between religious ideals and human desire ⓘ honor and reputation ⓘ marital fidelity ⓘ
hasWorkTitleInFrench	L’Heptaméron NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
inspiredBy	Decameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedNumberOfStories	100 ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
literaryForm	frame tale ⓘ
literaryMovement	French Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme	gender relations ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ morality ⓘ sexuality ⓘ
modeledOn	Decameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeStructure	stories told by a group of narrators ⓘ
numberOfStories	72 ⓘ
period	16th century ⓘ
posthumousWorkOf	Marguerite de Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Renaissance France NERFINISHED ⓘ
structureInspiredBy	Boccaccio’s Decameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	French literature ⓘ Renaissance studies ⓘ gender studies ⓘ
titleMeaning	The Seven-Day Work NERFINISHED ⓘ

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