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La « Morte Vivante » dans le Cligès de Chrétien et le roman grec

Egedi-Kovács, Emese (2008) La « Morte Vivante » dans le Cligès de Chrétien et le roman grec. Acta Antiqua, 48 (1-2). pp. 207-219. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

In the romance Cligès written by the twelfth-century French author, Chrétien de Troyes a feigned death releases the heroine from her detested marriage and brings her into the arms of her lover. The motif of the feigned death has been considered to be related to a Byzantine story about the wife of the biblical King Solomon, a narrative that pictures women as demon-like creatures. However, the theme of the ‘undead girl’ has a different tradition as well. This tradition is much closer to the concept of Cligès and appeared first in the Greek romance Ephesiaca by Xenophon of Ephesus. The virtuosity by means of which he handles the different sources reveals Chrétien’s talent and perfection as a writer and his amazing sense of humour.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2017 11:17
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2017 11:17
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/45192

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