'Parler proprement' : Words, Deeds, and Proper Speech in the Rose
- Author / Editor
- Minnis, A. J.
'Parler proprement' : Words, Deeds, and Proper Speech in the Rose
- Published
- A. J. Minnis. Magister Amoris: The Roman de la Rose and Vernacular Hermeneutics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 119-63.
- Description
- Explores Jean de Meun's treatment of vulgar talk in "Roman de la Rose" (lines 15,129-272) within the context of late-medieval theories of signification. In various passages of CT, Chaucer also confronts direct language and low subject in literature. With Jean de Meun as his predecessor, Chaucer placed vulgarity at the center rather than in the margins, thereby calling into question value judgments.
- Alternative Title
- Magister Amoris: The Roman de la Rose and Vernacular Hermeneutics.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.