Formulaic Diction and Thematic Composition in the Chanson de Roland

Formulaic Diction and Thematic Composition in the Chanson de Roland

56 pp., 6 x 9, appends., notes

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-9036-3
    Published: January 1961

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This study shows that the Chanson de Roland is clearly the work of an individual creativity that could, by deliberate repetition of important parts and careful arrangement of the order of events, transcend speech limitations to hint at the complex reaction and subtle character development of the protagonist.