Multilingualism and mother tongue in medieval French, Occitan and Catalan narratives / Catherine E. Léglu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Léglu, Catherine, author.

Contributor:

Penn State University Libraries, funder.

Series:

Penn State Romance studies.

Penn State Romance studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Provençal literature--History and criticism.

Provençal literature.

Romances--History and criticism.

Romances.

Catalan literature--To 1500--History and criticism.

Catalan literature.

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

French literature.

Multilingualism--France--History--To 1500.

Multilingualism.

Multilingualism and literature--France--History--To 1500.

Multilingualism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 237 p. :) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Explores the ways in which vernacular works composed in Occitan, Catalan, and French between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries narrate multilingualism and its apparent opponent, the mother tongue. These encounters are narrated through literary motifs of love, incest, disguise, and travel"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Myths of multilingualism. Babel in Girart de Roussillon; Tongues of fire in Guilhem de la Barra; Acquiring the (m)other tongue in Avignon and Toulouse

Part II. Language politics. Translation scandals; Languages and borders in three novas; Monolingualism and endogamy: French examples

Part III. The monolangue. The multilingual Paris and Vienne; Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelonne; Travels in the monolangue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-229) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271078632

0271078634

OCLC:

1080549111