Chaucer S Narrators
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Chaucer S Narrators
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Author : David Lawton
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1985
Chaucer S Narrators written by David Lawton and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
The book begins with a brief prefatory discussion of its relation to structuralist and post-structuralist criticism. The first chapter, `Apocryphal Voices', surveys the basis of modern critical approaches to persona and `irony' in Chaucer's poetry, and suggests that such approaches are better suited to unequivocally written contexts. A systematic hesitation between a wholly written and a wholly spoken context requires critical distinctions between types of persona, and a number of distinctions in the range between persona and voice. `Morality in its Context' examines the Pardoner and his tale and argues against a `dramatic' view of the tale itself, while the third chapter, 'Chaucer's Development of Persona', is a study of possible sources for Chaucer's handling of the narratorial '1', looking at the English `disour', the French `dits amoureux', Italian and Latin sources of influence, and the Roman de la Rose. The last two chapters apply the principles outlined so far to Troilus and The Canterbury Tales, with a particular examination of the literary history of the Squire'stale to show that modern interest in dramatic persona has obscured many other important issues and leads to drastic misreading. This is a challenging and lucid work which questions many of the received attitudes of recentChaucer criticism, and offers a reasoned and approachable alternative view.
Chaucer S Narrators And The Rhetoric Of Self Representation
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Author : Michael Foster
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2008
Chaucer S Narrators And The Rhetoric Of Self Representation written by Michael Foster and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Methods of representing individual voices were a primary concern for Geoffrey Chaucer. While many studies have focused on how he expresses the voices of his characters, especially in The Canterbury Tales, a sustained analysis of how he represents his own voice is still wanting. This book explores how Chaucer's first-person narrators are devices of self-representation that serve to influence representations of the poet. Drawing from recent developments in narratology, the history of reading, and theories of orality, this book considers how Chaucer adapts various rhetorical strategies throughout his poetry and prose to define himself and his audience in relation to past literary traditions and contemporary culture. The result is an understanding of how Chaucer anticipates, addresses, and influences his audience's perceptions of himself that broadens our appreciation of Chaucer as a master rhetorician.
Criseyde And Her Opaque Narrator
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Author : Jennifer Carter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Criseyde And Her Opaque Narrator written by Jennifer Carter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Cressida (Fictitious character) categories.
In Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, the meaning behind Criseyde' s words and silences has been a point of contention among scholars. While some scholars believe that she keeps certain information about her inner self from audiences, forcing them to construct a Criseyde from the limited information given, others believe that audiences participate in the inner-workings of Criseyde' s mind, allowing them to understand exactly Criseyde' s motivations. This paper looks at the text from a different perspective, arguing that the narrator of Troilus and Criseyde, not Criseyde, is the "opaque" character in the text. Throughout the poem, the narrator lies about his sources, alters key moments in the narrative, and allows his own emotional attachment to Criseyde to affect his telling of the story. Using these faulty storytelling methods, the narrator wrongly projects his questionable, opaque desires onto Criseyde. Through close examination of moments that scholars argue are examples of Criseyde' s opaque nature, readers see that the narrator's presentation of those moments-his lies, textual manipulations, and emotional appeals to audiences-reinforces the narrator's opacity-not Criseyde' s. Desiring both to tell Troilus as his auctor told it and to protect Criseyde from scrutiny, the narrator finds himself tangled in lies that obscure his intentions and confuse readers about the poem's plot. In the end, the narrator's faulty storytelling methods prevent him from reconciling his desire to tell the story according to tradition and to protect Criseyde, and the result of his lies and muddled intentions is an often-silenced Criseyde, who is constantly misread and misinterpreted by audiences. By constantly drawing attention to his storytelling technique-both when he lies and tells the truth about that technique-the narrator reminds his audience that this is his personal interpretation of the story. And when he draws attention to his role as a narrator right before Criseyde has a seemingly opaque moment, audiences should not read her as opaque, but instead as silenced by the narrator and his opaque desires and intentions. Consequently, the telling of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde alerts readers to an essential truth about life, especially in Chaucer's own Ricardian London: life is always interpreted and perspective matters.
Chaucer
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Author : John Lawlor
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-09-18
Chaucer written by John Lawlor and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Originally published in 1968. A critical interpretation of Chaucer's narrative poetry which concentrates on three major groupings - the early love-visions, the ‘tragedye’ of Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. Emphasis is laid on Chaucer as an oral narrator and on the varying skills which this role encourages and sustains. The quotations are liberal and throughout help is given to the reader unfamiliar with Middle English.
Chaucer S Narrators
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Author : Theodore Silveira
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Chaucer S Narrators written by Theodore Silveira and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
The Narrators Of Chaucer S Love Visions
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Author : Carolyn James Bishop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Narrators Of Chaucer S Love Visions written by Carolyn James Bishop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.
Chaucer
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Author : William Anthony Davenport
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1988
Chaucer written by William Anthony Davenport and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Literary Criticism categories.
`Lively and interesting... Complaint and its interaction with its narrative context is explored across the range of Chaucer's oeuvre from the shorter poems to various Tales.' NOTES & QUERIES Counters the view of Chaucer's complaints as exercises in a worn-out French tradition by demonstrating how his effort to fuse lyric and narrative modes led him to experiment with complaint. `His analyses give new perspectives on several of Chaucer's works - an intelligent, original and profitable view.'STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Author : Dieter Mehl
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1986-12-18
Geoffrey Chaucer written by Dieter Mehl and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-12-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book is a lucid introduction and intelligent examination of Chaucer's narrative poetry.
Chaucer S Rehersynges
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Author : William A. Quinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Chaucer S Rehersynges written by William A. Quinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Criticism categories.
Suggests that the problems scholars have with Chaucer's nine legends of good women vanish if Chaucer is assumed to have written them as scripts to be performed as well as a text to be disseminated in manuscript. Otherwise the work is virtually ignored as a flat, incomplete endeavor between two really good books. Examines the two prologues and each legend in turn, showing how the phrasing and choice of words would have been received as humorous by an audience. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Chaucer S Miller S Reeve S And Cook S Tales
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Author : David Biggs
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Chaucer S Miller S Reeve S And Cook S Tales written by David Biggs and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
An annotated bibliography describing editing and critical works on three of Chaucer's tales. The authors make extensive use of the standard bibliographies of English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies.