Swordplay and wordplay Tournaments in the Burgundian prose Erec

• Publication type: Journal article
• Journal:
  Cahiers de recherches médiévales et humanistes / Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies
  2015 – 2, n° 30
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• Author: Chase (Carol J.)
• Abstract: The fifteenth-century prose adaptation of Chrétien de ­Troyes’s Erec et Enide adds a tournament after the ­couple’s coronation. It forms a pendant to the wedding tournament, which the adaptor rewrites. Both events are presented as mêlées, rather than individual jousts. Why the prose author made these choices is a question that this essay attempts to answer. The prose emphasizes ­Erec’s ­chivalric prowess, proving that he is prepared to rule his kingdom.
• Pages: 373 to 390
• Journal: Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies
• CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
• EAN: 9782812460982
• ISBN: 978-2-8124-6098-2
• ISSN: 2273-0893
• DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-6098-2.p.0373
• Publisher: Classiques Garnier
• Online publication: 04-04-2016
• Periodicity: Biannual
• Language: French

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