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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1973
Description
An examination of the dream-vision form and the Hiddle English
lyric clarifies the role relationship in Chaucer's The Book of the
Duchess, a relationship not fully clarified by past scholarship. In
the dream vision a conventional pattern establishes the relationship
between the narrator and his superior guide and, in the English lyric
form, the "chanson d'aventure," the narrator encounters a sorrowing
figure who provides enlightenment through the explanation of his
sorrow. Chaucer employs the dream vision's conventional pattern and,
in the dream portion of the poem, he makes use of the "chanson
d'aventure" form with the added complexities of his own material.
His Narrator has forgotten his nature as man. The sorrowing Knight
reminds him of the need to feel this emotion, both over the loss of
the Duchess and because of man's own fallen state. The Knight, then,
becomes a guide who provides enlightenment for the erring Narrator.
lyric clarifies the role relationship in Chaucer's The Book of the
Duchess, a relationship not fully clarified by past scholarship. In
the dream vision a conventional pattern establishes the relationship
between the narrator and his superior guide and, in the English lyric
form, the "chanson d'aventure," the narrator encounters a sorrowing
figure who provides enlightenment through the explanation of his
sorrow. Chaucer employs the dream vision's conventional pattern and,
in the dream portion of the poem, he makes use of the "chanson
d'aventure" form with the added complexities of his own material.
His Narrator has forgotten his nature as man. The sorrowing Knight
reminds him of the need to feel this emotion, both over the loss of
the Duchess and because of man's own fallen state. The Knight, then,
becomes a guide who provides enlightenment for the erring Narrator.
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78 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
13601
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.
Date Backup
1973
Date Text
1973
Date Issued (EDTF)
1973
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FADT13601
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monographic
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
BING, LOUISE ADELE
Graduate College
Physical Description
78 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND THE BLACK KNIGHT IN CHAUCER'S "THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS."
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Origin Information
1973
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND THE BLACK KNIGHT IN CHAUCER'S "THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS."
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NARRATOR AND THE BLACK KNIGHT IN CHAUCER'S "THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS."