Artist at Work: Narrative Technique in Chretien de Troyes Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 78, Part 4)

By Evelyn Mullally

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087169784X
• ISBN13: 9780871697844
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"