Guy’s Transformation in Stanzaic Guy of Warwick as a Sensory Experience
Keywords:
Middle English romance, Medieval theological voluntarism, Duns Scotus, the supernatural, sensesAbstract
The aim of this article is to read Guy’s transformation in the context of the late thirteenth-century voluntarist moral philosophy and discourse on emotions. It proposes that the late thirteenth-century voluntarist approach to emotions provides the philosophical basis for the literary representation of Guy’s moral transformation as a sensory experience. It mainly argues that Guy’s transformation is a sensory experience in which affections rather than reason predominate. Accordingly, the supernatural in Stanzaic Guy of Warwick is examined as a sensory phenomenon that amplifies Guy’s affections for justice, reinforces his arational choice to transform as a free choice of the will, and consequently guides him through his journey.
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