The Narrative Imagination - Comic Tales by Phillippe de Vigneulles

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. Philippe de Vigneulles's tales constitute a "recit" of human life, supported by the sympathetic presence of the author and his beloved city of Metz.

About the author

Armine Avakian Kotin is assistant professor of French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Armine Avakian Kotin
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780813153513
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-5351-3
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: Studies in Romance Languages;
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies