This book focuses on didactic literature. First, the scholarship devoted to gnomic material is reviewed. Then relevant features of the scribal and authorial language are examined to find the approximate date of copy and the region of France wherein copyist and poet originated. The text, fifty-four strophes, each consisting of two tercets which introduce a pithy saying, is edited according to textual principles and supplemented by a rendition into modern French and English translations. It is important to make accessible a critical edition of the Proverbes au conte de Bretaigne that might be of use to those who wish to investigate the linguistic and literary aspects of Old French proverbs. This volume will stimulate students to broaden their knowledge of European gnomic literature beyond the few works devoted to it in literary histories.
| ISBN: | 9780820412313 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 1990 |
| Author: | Michèle G Diaféria |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 166 pages |
| Series: | Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Genres: |
Language: reference and general Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
This book focuses on didactic literature. First, the scholarship devoted to gnomic material is reviewed. Then relevant features of the scribal and authorial language are examined to find the approximate date of copy and the region of France wherein copyist and poet originated. The text, fifty-four strophes, each consisting of two tercets which introduce a pithy saying, is edited according to textual principles and supplemented by a rendition into modern French and English translations. It is important to make accessible a critical edition of the Proverbes au conte de Bretaigne that might be of use to those who wish to investigate the linguistic and literary aspects of Old French proverbs. This volume will stimulate students to broaden their knowledge of European gnomic literature beyond the few works devoted to it in literary histories.
Li Proverbes Au Conte De Bretaigne features in the following genres: Language: reference and general, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Li Proverbes Au Conte De Bretaigne is available in Hardback
Li Proverbes Au Conte De Bretaigne was written by Michèle G Diaféria and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Li Proverbes Au Conte De Bretaigne has 166 pages
Yes it is part of Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures series