Le roman d'aventure médiéval entre convention et subversion (XIIe-XIIIe siècles) : accidents de parcours / Sylvie Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Sylvie, author.

Series:

Essais sur le Moyen Age ; 66.

Essais sur le Moyen Âge, 1284-6147 ; 66

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Romances--History and criticism.

Romances.

French fiction--To 1500--History and criticism.

French fiction.

Arthurian romances--Themes, motives.

Arthurian romances.

Adventure and adventurers in literature.

Authors, French--To 1500--Language.

Authors, French.

French language--To 1300--Semantics.

French language.

French language--Semantics.

Semantics.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

360 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris : Honoré Champion éditeur, 2018.

Summary:

The Arthurian stories were real bestsellers that brought together all the ingredients of the great adventure novels: exploits, love, violence and travels. In the XXI th century, this kind falls paraliterature because it places the pleasure of the reader before aesthetics. But the Arthurian adventure novel never makes the sacrifice of erudition to the "jubilation" of the text. How to explain this amazing mixture of populism and elitism? The analysis follows the journey of five knights of the XII th century, Erech, Lancelot, Yvain Guinglain and Yder to the point where everything changes: the hiccup which, by reversing the direction of reading, transforms the way adventure.--Honoré Champion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-353) and indexes.

ISBN:

9782745347541

2745347543

OCLC:

1039528334