The Historical Present and Perfect in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'

Author / Editor
Sasagawa, Hisaaki.

Title
The Historical Present and Perfect in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'

Published
Journal of the General Education Department, Niigata University 12 (1981): 179-91.

Description
The historical present and perfect tenses in KnT could be said to function mainly to express vividness, which is closely related to the nature of orally delivered poetry.
In Japanese.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Knight and His Tale.