Todorov, Vinsauf, and Chaucerian Textuality
- Author / Editor
- Jordan, Robert M.
Todorov, Vinsauf, and Chaucerian Textuality
- Published
- John V. Fleming and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 2, 1986. (Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1987): pp. 51-57.
- Description
- Reviews major modern critical theories and theorists, explains Todorov's distinction between interpretation and analysis, and develops the idea that "the language-oriented emphasis of much contemporary theory correlates closely with medieval ideas about the nature of poetic composition," including those of Geoffrey of Vinsauf and Boccaccio. HF, TC, CT, LGW, and NPT show Chaucer's awareness of same distinctions.
- Alternative Title
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 2 (1986)
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.