Arthurian Literature XIX

Articles on comedy in Arthurian romance - French, Dutch, Italian, Scottish and English.

Articles on comedy in Arthurian romance - French, Dutch, Italian, Scottish and English.

The texts analyzed underline the wide dissemination of the Arthurian story in medieval and post-medieval Europe, from Scotland to Italy, while the various analyses of the manifestations of comedy refute the notion of romance as ahumourless genre. Indeed, the comic treatment of conventional themes and motifs appears to be not only characteristic of later romance but an essential element of the genre from its beginnings and from its earliest development. Authors of Arthurian romance, from Chrétien de Troyes to Malory, writing in French, Italian, Middle Dutch, and Middle English, and the creators of an Irish prose-tale, all question the fundamental assumptions of romance and romancevalues through the medium of comedy. The theme of comedy in Arthurian romance has been developed from the orignal session at the Arthurian Congress in Toulouse. Contributors: ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FRANK BRANDSMA, CHRISTINE FERLAMPIN-ACHER, LINDA GOWANS, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, MARGOLEIN HOGENBIRK, NORRIS J. LACY, MARILYN LAWRENCE, BENEDICTE MILLAND-BOVE, PETER S. NOBLE, KAREN PRATT, ANGELICA RIEGER, ELIZABETH S. SKLAR, FRANCESCO ZAMBON.

Comedy and Tragedy in Some Arthurian Recognition Scenes - Elizabeth Archibald
Merveilleux et comique dans les romans arthuriens français (XIIe-Xve siècles) - Christine Ferlampin-Acher
La bande dessinée virtuelle du lion d'Yvain. Sur le sens de l'humour de Chrétien de Troyes - Angelica Rieger
Convention, Comedy and the Form ofLa Vengeance Raguidel - Norris J. Lacy
Le Comique dansLes Merveilles de Rigomer et Hunbaut - Peter S Noble
Humour in theRoman de Silence - Karen Pratt
La pratique de la 'disconvenance' comique dans leLancelot en prose: les mésaventures amoureuses de Guerrehet - Benedicte Milland-Bove
Lancelot part 3 - Frank Brandsma
Comic Functions of the Parrot as Minstrel inLe Chevalier du Papegau - Marilyn Lawrence
Dinadan en Italie - Francesco Zambon
A Comical Villain. Artur's seneschal in a section of the Middle DutchLancelot Compilation - Marjolein Hogenbirk
Malory and the English Comic Tradition - Donald L Hoffman
'Laughyng and Smylyng': Comic Modalities in Malory'sTale of Sir Launcelot du Lake - Elizabeth S Sklar
TheEachtra an Amadáin Mhóir as a Response to thePerceval of Chrétien de Troyes - L M Gowans