The 'Song of Roland' : On Absolutes and Relative Values (Studies in Mediaeval Literature)

The 'Song of Roland' : On Absolutes and Relative Values (Studies in Mediaeval Literature)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 196 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780773472297
  • DDC分類 843.1

Full Description


This study focuses on the ethical and religious dimensions of the twelfth-century Old French epic, the Song of Roland. Also this book brings to the fore the ethical and religious dimensions of the text, underlining the continuity of a Christian tradition, which guarantees the intelligibility of a story, told in the remote age of medieval feudality.

Contents

The ethical framework. Ethics in practice: heroes, traitor; enemy; good versus evil. The tragedy of waste: inevitability; tragic structure of the text; Christian tragedy?; tragic scale. The justice of God: Ganelon; the Saracens; ultimate victory. Love: friendship; feudal bond and political relatonships; God; family; Roland and Aude.