Fingierte Mundlichkeit : Erzahler im mittelenglischer Literatur

Author / Editor
Kohl, Stephan.

Title
Fingierte Mundlichkeit : Erzahler im mittelenglischer Literatur

Published
Willi Erzgraber and Sabine Volk, eds. Mundlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit im englischen Mittelalter. Script Oralia, vol. 5 (Tubingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1988), pp. 133-46.

Series
ScriptOralia, no. 05 (1988)

Description
Kohl examines conscious "orality" and appeals to the reader by narrators in the poetry of Ricardian authors: Gower, the "Gawain" poet, and others, including Chaucer (CT, TC, PF, LGW, and HF). With the introduction of unreliable narrators, the function of literature changed. Ricardian poets did not teach; rather, they forced the audience to reach their own moral conclusions.

Alternative Title
Mundlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit im englischen Mittelalter.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.