Prosopopea, allegoria e forze tematiche nei romanzi di Chrétien de Troyes
Abstract
Based on a definition of allegory which combines personification (subject) and metaphor (action), the paper discusses some key-episodes of Chrétien de Troyes’ Chevalier de la Charrette and Chevalier au Lion so as to show when the combination is truly functional to the development of an allegorical framework. At the same time, it will be shown that all presented cases denote the emergence, on the surface of the text, of the thematic drives that support the dramatic development of these romances, in order to clarify the crucial relevance of given episodes. Typically, Chrétien makes use of allegory when it comes to summarizing in categorical terms the details of a dilemma, that is when the protagonist is required to take responsibility for a dramatic choice or when he finds himself in an apparently paradoxical situation resulting from choices he previously made. Textual evidence will show that Chrétien makes use of the abstractum agens in order to emphasize congruence between matiere and sen, that is the situations described in respect to the thematic framework that substantiates his romances.
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