Rediscovering the Horse in Medieval French Literature
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Auteurs : Paul H. RogersSource :
- Neophilologus [ 0028-2677 ] ; 2013.
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- Alexandre, Animal symbolism, Bestiary, Bucephalus, Chanson, Cheval, Contemporary bestiary, Creature such, Destrier, Earliest domesticated animal, Jean froissart, Main type, Medieval french literature, Medieval literature, Medieval romance, Medieval text, Medieval warhorse, Middle age, Mirror image, Much attention, Mythical lore, Page edition, Practical information, Roland, Steed, Such work, Text such, Versatile animal, Warhorse.
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Abstract: Scholars of medieval French literature have often overlooked the horse as a purveyor of complex meaning within a text not only because it is mentioned in such works so often, but also because it is wholly common. The horse was one of the earliest domesticated animals in humanity’s history, and as such, it has no particular link to the realm of the merveilleux, superficially a source of creatures of richer allegorical or esthetic interest. An encounter with a frightening monster such as a dragon might represent a test of a knight’s martial skills or a challenge to his piety, whereas in contrast, what could possibly be the importance of the horse, such a ubiquitous, seemingly banal, inhabitant of the period’s literature? This study seeks (1) to elucidate the conception of the horse on the part of the medieval cleric and reader by exploring the mythical lore and contemporary bestiaries associated with the animal, and (2) to define the horse’s function in medieval romance and epic through an analysis of the relationship between the protagonist and his steed in several seminal works, most notably La Chanson de Roland and Alexandre de Paris’s Le Roman d’Alexandre.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-012-9338-9
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This study seeks (1) to elucidate the conception of the horse on the part of the medieval cleric and reader by exploring the mythical lore and contemporary bestiaries associated with the animal, and (2) to define the horse’s function in medieval romance and epic through an analysis of the relationship between the protagonist and his steed in several seminal works, most notably <Emphasis Type="Italic">La Chanson de Roland</Emphasis> and Alexandre de Paris’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">Le Roman d’Alexandre</Emphasis>.</Para></Abstract><KeywordGroup Language="En" OutputMedium="All"><Heading>Keywords</Heading><Keyword>Horse</Keyword><Keyword>Steed</Keyword><Keyword>Bestiary</Keyword><Keyword>Knight</Keyword><Keyword>Bucephalus</Keyword><Keyword>Alexander</Keyword></KeywordGroup></ArticleHeader><NoBody></NoBody></Article></Issue></Volume></Journal></Publisher></istex:document></istex:metadataXml><mods version="3.6"><titleInfo lang="en"><title>Rediscovering the Horse in Medieval French Literature</title></titleInfo><titleInfo type="alternative" contentType="CDATA"><title>Rediscovering the Horse in Medieval French Literature</title></titleInfo><name type="personal" displayLabel="corresp"><namePart type="given">Paul</namePart><namePart type="given">H.</namePart><namePart type="family">Rogers</namePart><affiliation>Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III, France</affiliation><affiliation>E-mail: paul.rogers@univ-montp3.fr</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource><genre type="research-article" displayLabel="OriginalPaper" authority="ISTEX" authorityURI="https://content-type.data.istex.fr" valueURI="https://content-type.data.istex.fr/ark:/67375/XTP-1JC4F85T-7">research-article</genre><originInfo><publisher>Springer Netherlands</publisher><place><placeTerm type="text">Dordrecht</placeTerm></place><dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">2013-10-01</dateIssued><copyrightDate encoding="w3cdtf">2012</copyrightDate></originInfo><language><languageTerm type="code" authority="rfc3066">en</languageTerm><languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</languageTerm></language><abstract lang="en">Abstract: Scholars of medieval French literature have often overlooked the horse as a purveyor of complex meaning within a text not only because it is mentioned in such works so often, but also because it is wholly common. The horse was one of the earliest domesticated animals in humanity’s history, and as such, it has no particular link to the realm of the merveilleux, superficially a source of creatures of richer allegorical or esthetic interest. An encounter with a frightening monster such as a dragon might represent a test of a knight’s martial skills or a challenge to his piety, whereas in contrast, what could possibly be the importance of the horse, such a ubiquitous, seemingly banal, inhabitant of the period’s literature? This study seeks (1) to elucidate the conception of the horse on the part of the medieval cleric and reader by exploring the mythical lore and contemporary bestiaries associated with the animal, and (2) to define the horse’s function in medieval romance and epic through an analysis of the relationship between the protagonist and his steed in several seminal works, most notably La Chanson de Roland and Alexandre de Paris’s Le Roman d’Alexandre.</abstract><subject lang="en"><genre>Keywords</genre><topic>Horse</topic><topic>Steed</topic><topic>Bestiary</topic><topic>Knight</topic><topic>Bucephalus</topic><topic>Alexander</topic></subject><relatedItem type="host"><titleInfo><title>Neophilologus</title><subTitle>An International Journal of Modern and Mediaeval Language and Literature</subTitle></titleInfo><titleInfo type="abbreviated"><title>Neophilologus</title></titleInfo><genre type="journal" authority="ISTEX" authorityURI="https://publication-type.data.istex.fr" valueURI="https://publication-type.data.istex.fr/ark:/67375/JMC-0GLKJH51-B">journal</genre><originInfo><publisher>Springer</publisher><dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">2013</dateIssued><copyrightDate encoding="w3cdtf">2013</copyrightDate></originInfo><subject><genre>Journal-Subject-Collection</genre><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SC9">Humanities, Social Sciences and Law</topic></subject><classification authority="Journal-SubjectCollection-Code">SC9</classification><subject><genre>Journal-Subject-Group</genre><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SCN">Linguistics</topic><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SCN26000">Historical Linguistics</topic><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SCN19000">Comparative Linguistics</topic><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SCN33000">Philology</topic><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SCN21000">Comparative Literature</topic><topic authority="SpringerSubjectCodes" authorityURI="SCN45000">Syntax</topic></subject><identifier type="ISSN">0028-2677</identifier><identifier type="eISSN">1572-8668</identifier><identifier type="JournalID">11061</identifier><identifier type="IssueArticleCount">11</identifier><identifier type="VolumeIssueCount">4</identifier><part><date>2013</date><detail type="volume"><number>97</number><caption>vol.</caption></detail><detail type="issue"><number>4</number><caption>no.</caption></detail><extent unit="pages"><start>627</start><end>639</end></extent></part><recordInfo><recordOrigin>Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013</recordOrigin></recordInfo></relatedItem><identifier type="istex">CEF29722BF13309F6F8DC8818ECBFDAC00180759</identifier><identifier type="ark">ark:/67375/VQC-9Z7CZT2S-C</identifier><identifier type="DOI">10.1007/s11061-012-9338-9</identifier><identifier type="ArticleID">9338</identifier><identifier type="ArticleID">s11061-012-9338-9</identifier><accessCondition type="use and reproduction" contentType="copyright">Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012</accessCondition><recordInfo><recordContentSource authority="ISTEX" authorityURI="https://loaded-corpus.data.istex.fr" valueURI="https://loaded-corpus.data.istex.fr/ark:/67375/XBH-3XSW68JL-F">springer</recordContentSource><recordOrigin>Converted from (version 1.2.14) to MODS version 3.6.</recordOrigin><recordCreationDate encoding="w3cdtf">2020-05-30</recordCreationDate></recordInfo></mods><json:item><extension>json</extension><original>false</original><mimetype>application/json</mimetype><uri>https://api.istex.fr/ark:/67375/VQC-9Z7CZT2S-C/record.json</uri></json:item></metadata><serie></serie></istex></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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