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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND THE BLACK KNIGHT IN CHAUCER'S "THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS."
- Date Issued:
- 1973
- Summary:
- An examination of the dream-vision form and the Hiddle English lyric clarifies the role relationship in Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess, a relationship not fully clarified by past scholarship. In the dream vision a conventional pattern establishes the relationship between the narrator and his superior guide and, in the English lyric form, the "chanson d'aventure," the narrator encounters a sorrowing figure who provides enlightenment through the explanation of his sorrow. Chaucer employs the dream vision's conventional pattern and, in the dream portion of the poem, he makes use of the "chanson d'aventure" form with the added complexities of his own material. His Narrator has forgotten his nature as man. The sorrowing Knight reminds him of the need to feel this emotion, both over the loss of the Duchess and because of man's own fallen state. The Knight, then, becomes a guide who provides enlightenment for the erring Narrator.
Title: | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND THE BLACK KNIGHT IN CHAUCER'S "THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS.". |
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Name(s): |
BING, LOUISE ADELE Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1973 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 78 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | An examination of the dream-vision form and the Hiddle English lyric clarifies the role relationship in Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess, a relationship not fully clarified by past scholarship. In the dream vision a conventional pattern establishes the relationship between the narrator and his superior guide and, in the English lyric form, the "chanson d'aventure," the narrator encounters a sorrowing figure who provides enlightenment through the explanation of his sorrow. Chaucer employs the dream vision's conventional pattern and, in the dream portion of the poem, he makes use of the "chanson d'aventure" form with the added complexities of his own material. His Narrator has forgotten his nature as man. The sorrowing Knight reminds him of the need to feel this emotion, both over the loss of the Duchess and because of man's own fallen state. The Knight, then, becomes a guide who provides enlightenment for the erring Narrator. | |
Identifier: | 13601 (digitool), FADT13601 (IID), fau:10442 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973. | |
Subject(s): |
Literature, Medieval Literature, English |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |