Historisches Präsens und Vergegenwärtigung des Epischen Geschehens: Ein Erzähltechnischer Kunstgriff Chaucers.

Author / Editor
Bauer, Gero.

Title
Historisches Präsens und Vergegenwärtigung des Epischen Geschehens: Ein Erzähltechnischer Kunstgriff Chaucers.

Published
Anglia 85 (1966): 138-60.

Description
Explores the functions and nuances of the historical present verb tense, focusing on epic scenes in CT (especially KnT and MLT), TC, LGW, and Anel, and assessing how Chaucer's uses of the tense help with vividness, immediacy, and "visualization" of events. Includes comments on Gower's uses of the verb tense in "Confessio Amantis."

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Style and Versification
Anelida and Arcite
Legend of Good Women
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Man of Law and His Tale