A Chaucerian Narratology : 'Storie' and 'Tale' in Chaucer's Narrative Practice

Author / Editor
Shawver, Gary Wayne.

Title
A Chaucerian Narratology : 'Storie' and 'Tale' in Chaucer's Narrative Practice

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 60: 3655A, 1999.

Description
Computer-assisted analysis of "storie" and "tale" in context indicates that Chaucer uses them differently. "Storie" typically appears in relation to the historical, courtly, and clerical, associated with public memory and authority. "Tale" refers to the present external world, suggesting common daily life.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.