Describing the Link between Orality and Literacy: Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas" in the Transitional Period.
- Author / Editor
- Hamada, Satomi.
Describing the Link between Orality and Literacy: Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas" in the Transitional Period.
- Published
- Studies in Medieval Language and Literature 32 (2017): 17-35.
- Description
- Places CT in the transitional period from oral to literal culture, and argues that the change of vocabulary from "herken" in Th's initial sections to "listen" in its third fitt indicates different functions of these sections in Chaucer's parody of metrical romance. Analyzes what the visual divisions of the text made in manuscripts tell us about the structure of Th.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Sir Thopas
Language and Word Studies
Manuscripts and Textual Studies