Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues

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"Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues" was written by E. Hertog.

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Plot The perception of Plot The Summoner's Tale and the Analogues The Reeve's Tale and the Analogues Conclusion Character The Actantial Structure The Social Model The Acteurs: Heile, Viola and Alisoun Conclusion Thematics The Isotopic Approach The Mapping Structure of Metaphor An Analysis of the Merchant's Tale Conclusion Genre The relationship to tradition The Communicative Situation of Genre Conclusion: the Example of the Shipman's Tale Conclusion Bibliography Index

E. Hertog (Author),

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Series: Mediaevalia Lovaniensia 19

Category: History, History 500-1500

Language: French

ISBN: 9789061864622

Publication date: January 1, 1991

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Size: 240 x 160 x mm

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The presence of so many fabliaux in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is intriguing in its own right, given the fact that there are no real fabliaux in Middle English befor Chaucer.

But these stories are also interesting as instances of a concept and practice thas has received little critical attention so far, namely ‘analogy’, the writing and, above all, recognition of ‘similar’ stories. How to account for the literary practice that enables us to perceive stories as similar, c.q. analogous? This original study sets out to explore this phenomenon, first tentatively vis-à)vis other terms and practices (Translation, Borrowing, Adaptation, Version) and then, in the major part of the book, in a pragmatic-structuralist analysis of four salient components of narrative – Plot, Character, Thematics, and Genre – each illustrated with examples taken from Chaucer’s fabliaux and their analogues in various European languages.

In each of the four chapters the key-issue is Categorisation and Hertog traces its evolution and usefulness a a concept from Wittgenstein’s family resemblances’ and Zadeh’s ‘fuzzy set theory’ to E. Rosch’s Prototype theory. The conclusion draws attention to two aspects which set Chaucer’s fabliaux very much apart from the other analogues: their contextuality within the polylogue of the Canterbury Tales, and secondly, their explicit intertextuality which invites us to look anew at the assumptions of traditional source-criticism. The study ends with some theoretical reflections on analogy and an attempt at definition.

The book will interest not only Chaucerians and other medievalists but also scholars in literarry theory and interpretation.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction

Plot
The perception of Plot
The Summoner’s Tale and the Analogues
The Reeve’s Tale and the Analogues
Conclusion
Character
The Actantial Structure
The Social Model
The Acteurs: Heile, Viola and Alisoun
Conclusion

Thematics
The Isotopic Approach
The Mapping Structure of Metaphor
An Analysis of the Merchant’s Tale
Conclusion

Genre
The relationship to tradition
The Communicative Situation of Genre
Conclusion: the Example of the Shipman’s Tale

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

E. Hertog

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What is "Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues" about?

The presence of so many fabliaux in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is intriguing in its own right, given the fact that there are no real fabliaux in Middle English befor Chaucer.

But these stories are also interesting as instances of a concept and practice thas has received little critical attention so far, namely 'analogy', the writing and, above all, recognition of 'similar' stories. How to account for the literary practice that enables us to perceive stories as similar, c.q. analogous? This original study sets out to explore this phenomenon, first tentatively vis-à)vis other terms and practices (Translation, Borrowing, Adaptation, Version) and then, in the major part of the book, in a pragmatic-structuralist analysis of four salient components of narrative - Plot, Character, Thematics, and Genre - each illustrated with examples taken from Chaucer's fabliaux and their analogues in various European languages.

In each of the four chapters the key-issue is Categorisation and Hertog traces its evolution and usefulness a a concept from Wittgenstein's family resemblances' and Zadeh's 'fuzzy set theory' to E. Rosch's Prototype theory. The conclusion draws attention to two aspects which set Chaucer's fabliaux very much apart from the other analogues: their contextuality within the polylogue of the Canterbury Tales, and secondly, their explicit intertextuality which invites us to look anew at the assumptions of traditional source-criticism. The study ends with some theoretical reflections on analogy and an attempt at definition.

The book will interest not only Chaucerians and other medievalists but also scholars in literarry theory and interpretation.

Who wrote "Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues"?

"Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues" was written by E. Hertog.

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Yes, "Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues" is part of the "Mediaevalia Lovaniensia" series. It's book 19 in the series.

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What is the Table of Contents for "Chaucer’s Fabliaux as Analogues"?

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction

Plot
The perception of Plot
The Summoner's Tale and the Analogues
The Reeve's Tale and the Analogues
Conclusion
Character
The Actantial Structure
The Social Model
The Acteurs: Heile, Viola and Alisoun
Conclusion