Aporia and Pearl: Medieval Narrative Irony

Author / Editor
Paul, James Allen.

Title
Aporia and Pearl: Medieval Narrative Irony

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1977): 3476A.

Description
In medieval narrative theory, "aporia" is set forth as a way of examining the moment when the ironic process begins. BD relies on a withdrawal from literal statement which brings the author's intention to the reader through the process of irony.

Chaucer Subjects
Book of the Duchess.