The Epic Quest: Studies in Four Old French Chansons de Geste. William Calin

Speculum ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-134
Author(s):  
Urban T. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
Chansons De Geste

Evidence of Oral Interference in Franco-Italian

1985 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-414
Author(s):  
Leslie Zarker Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Old French ◽  
Epic Poetry ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
Chansons De Geste

The four lexemes bragagner, sberna, seterer and smenaventure are problematic within the text of Ms. marc. fr. 13 since the forms differ from those of any other texts of the time (with the exception of other Franco-Italian texts in the case of bragagner). I will show that the points of difference are phonological and morphological changes resulting from interference patterns with spoken Italian.Manoscritto marciano francese 13 (St. Mark’s manuscript 13 of the French collection) is an untitled anonymous manuscript from the first half of the 14th century at St. Mark’s Library in Venice. It contains eight chansons de geste. These are the first written versions of Old French epic poetry produced in Italy; that is, they are not copies of Old French manuscripts.

scholarly journals Uncle and Nephew in the Old French Chansons de Geste. A Study in the Survival of Matriarchy

1914 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Mildred K. Pope ◽  
William Oliver Farnsworth
Keyword(s):  
Old French ◽  
Chansons De Geste

scholarly journals The Character Types in the Old French Chansons de Geste

PMLA ◽  
1906 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Wistar Comfort
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Old French ◽  
Chanson De Roland ◽  
Chansons De Geste ◽  
Moyen Âge ◽  
Moyen Age ◽  
Character Types

“Le moyen age forme un anneau indispensable dans la chaîne de la transmission littéraire à travers les siècles.”—Gaston Paris, Cosmopolis, Sept., 1898.Three-quarters of a century has elapsed since the mediæval epic literature of France first attracted the attention of scholars. This interval has been marked by an uninterrupted succession of texts discovered and edited. The value of these texts to the student of language is great; their value to the historian of politics and society is considerable; but their literary bearing has not been sufficiently emphasized. To this day the general public has but a vague idea of the character and significance of that national epic of which the Chanson de Roland is the highest expression and which Léon Gautier strove so bravely to render popular. The mediæval literature of France has not yet completely recovered from the reputation of vulgarity given to it by the Renaissance.

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