Vilain and Courtois: Transgressive Parody in French Literature of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries |
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... combat and that of love . Though Guillaume effects narrative transitions with skill and speed , the anecdotal justification for the transitions , far from conforming to the expectations of the audience , jolts them because of its ...
... combat and that of love . Though Guillaume effects narrative transitions with skill and speed , the anecdotal justification for the transitions , far from conforming to the expectations of the audience , jolts them because of its ...
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... combat episodes of the Fergus , the hero fights " comme lion , ” slaying eleven " bachelers ” singlehan- dedly . It is a glorious moment but for the fact that the altercation is a food fight and the hero wields a wooden spit ...
... combat episodes of the Fergus , the hero fights " comme lion , ” slaying eleven " bachelers ” singlehan- dedly . It is a glorious moment but for the fact that the altercation is a food fight and the hero wields a wooden spit ...
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... combat , the hero breaks the rules of knightly behavior , just as the text mocks the usual rhetoric of romance . Fergus underscores the infractions of social , rhetorical , and spatial codes by first alluding to romance tradition , and ...
... combat , the hero breaks the rules of knightly behavior , just as the text mocks the usual rhetoric of romance . Fergus underscores the infractions of social , rhetorical , and spatial codes by first alluding to romance tradition , and ...
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