The Canterbury Tales and Its Dramatic Background

Author / Editor
Sola Buil, Ricardo J.

Title
The Canterbury Tales and Its Dramatic Background

Published
SELIM 9 (1999): 111-27, 1999.

Description
The liveliness of characterization in GP and elsewhere in CT derives from theatrical rather than narrative tradition. The interplay between typicality and individuality reflects the dual traditions of narration and drama.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales