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Narrative Technique in Chretien de Troyes Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 78, part 4)

Evelyn Mullally

• Publisher: The American Philosophical Society Press
• Year: 1988
• eBook ISBN: 9780871690166
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

French author Chretien de Troyes is now firmly estabished as the most important vernacular writer of the 12th-century renaissance. Chretien, a native of Troyes in Champagne, was patronized by two powerful nobles & was thus well placed to compose the courtly lit. that characterized his time. His works include the earliest known Arthurian romance; the earliest & most sustained commentary on the Legend of Tristan & Iseut; the earliest known version of the story of Lancelot & Guinevere; & the earliest known romance about the Grail. Contents of this study: (1) "Erec et Enide": The Norms of the Narrative; The Rejection of the "Marvellous"; & The Problem of Narrative Continuity; (2) "Cliges": The Technique of Alternation; The Technique of Displacement; & The Silence of Soredamors; (3) Lancelot: "Le Chevalier de la Charrette": Internalizing the Narrative; The Manipulation of Obstacles; & The Adaptation of Roles; (3) Yvain: "Le Chevalier au Lion": Externalizing the Narrative; The Delicate Balance; & The Disappearance of the Omniscient Narrator"; (4) Conclusion; & (5) Bibliography.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• EREC ET ENIDE
• I. The Norms of the Narrative
• II. The Rejection of the "Marvellous"
• III. The Problem of Narrative Continuity
• CLIGÈS
• IV. The Technique of Alternation
• V. The Technique of Displacement
• VI. The Silence of Soredamors
• LANCELOT: LE CHEVALIER DE LA CHARRETTE
• VII. Internalizing the Narrative
• VIII. The Manipulation of Obstacles
• IX. The Adaptation of Roles
• YVAIN: LE CHEVALIER AU LION
• X. Externalizing the Narrative
• XI. The Delicate Balance
• XII. The Disappearance of the Omniscient Narrator
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index