Heptaméron

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance literature
frame narrative
short story collection
author Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite of Angoulême
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
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
linked to: Heptaméron
inception 16th century
inspiredBy Decameron
linked to: The Decameron
intendedNumberOfStories 100
language French
literaryForm frame tale
literaryMovement French Renaissance
mainTheme gender relations
love
marriage
morality
sexuality
modeledOn Decameron
linked to: The Decameron
narrativeStructure stories told by a group of narrators
numberOfStories 72
period 16th century
posthumousWorkOf Marguerite de Navarre
setting Renaissance France
linked to: French Renaissance
structureInspiredBy Boccaccio’s Decameron
linked to: The Decameron
studiedIn French literature
Renaissance studies
gender studies
titleMeaning The Seven-Day Work

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Marguerite de Navarre notableWork Heptaméron
Marguerite de Navarre notableWork L’Heptaméron des nouvelles
linked to: Heptaméron
Clavicula Salomonis influenced Heptameron
linked to: Heptaméron
Heptaméron hasWorkTitleInFrench L’Heptaméron
linked to: Heptaméron
Marguerite of Navarre notableWork Heptameron
linked to: Heptaméron
Marguerite of Navarre describedBySource Heptameron is modeled in part on Boccaccio’s Decameron
linked to: Heptaméron