Il Knight's Tale di Chaucer, un 'romance' tragico

Description: After a full review of criticism, Savoia explores Chaucer's use of motifs found in other romances. KnT exploits traditional romance only to transcend it, setting the "romance" of Palamon in the perspective provided by the "tragedy" of Arcite and thus presenting the traditional romance "quest" as "un assurdo e inutile vagare" (an absurd and useless wandering).