Vilain and Courtois: Transgressive Parody in French Literature of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries |
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... courtois , vilains courtois and courtois vilains in these parodies , it is time we place these categories in their historical context . Al- though the function and values of parody are chiefly aesthetic , they cannot be divorced from ...
... courtois , vilains courtois and courtois vilains in these parodies , it is time we place these categories in their historical context . Al- though the function and values of parody are chiefly aesthetic , they cannot be divorced from ...
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... courtois is he who comes from the court , the vilain from the " villa , ” or farm . Gradually , where courtois means “ generous , " vilain means " stingy " ; where courtois means " hand- some , ” vilain signifies “ repulsive . ” In a ...
... courtois is he who comes from the court , the vilain from the " villa , ” or farm . Gradually , where courtois means “ generous , " vilain means " stingy " ; where courtois means " hand- some , ” vilain signifies “ repulsive . ” In a ...
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... courtois to animal . Once the animal characters find themselves in the peas- ant world , they cease to be parodic actualizations of courtois knights . On the contrary , the comic paradox of these episodes lies in the fact that the ...
... courtois to animal . Once the animal characters find themselves in the peas- ant world , they cease to be parodic actualizations of courtois knights . On the contrary , the comic paradox of these episodes lies in the fact that the ...
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