City and Country in the Medieval Fabliaux

Author / Editor
Fisher, John H.

Title
City and Country in the Medieval Fabliaux

Published
Medieval Perspectives 1 (1988, for 1986): 1-15.

Description
Medieval comedy is class-based: ridicule of the stupidity of country folk. Modern comedy is psychological: ridicule of the eccentricity of city dwellers. Evolution from class-based to psychological comedy can be traced in the fabliaux and in Chaucer's RvT and MilT versus MerT.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.