The narrative imagination comic tales by Philippe de Vigneulles /
Armine Avakian Kotin.
- Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1977.
- 1 online resource (153 pages).
- Studies in Romance languages ; 18 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Tradition of the Cent Nouvelles; 2. Sequential Models; 3. Comedy or Morality; 4. A New Realism; Conclusion; Appendix A: List of Short Titles; Appendix B: Classification of Adultery Tales; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Tales; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V.
Philippe de Vigneulles (1471--1528), cloth merchant and hosier from the city of Metz, wrote a collection of comic short stories which he called Cent Nouvelles ou contes joyeux. The work constitutes an important step in the development of the nouvelle form in France. In an extended explication, Ms. Kotin analyzes the tales for the modern reader, historically, generically, structurally, and in terms of their human significance. Inscribed in a tradition of short narrative forms in late medieval and early Renaissance France, these tales remake or recast traditional narrative patterns into new forms.
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Literature--History and criticism.--19th century Literature--History and criticism.--20th century Literature.