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Masque physique et verbal dans le "Roman de Tristan"
Physical and verbal mask in the "Romance of Tristan"

Author(s): Adelina Vladislav
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: "Romance of Tristan"; mask; medieval literature;

Summary/Abstract: In the Tristan Verse-Romances the disguise is not only a physical mask, but also a verbal one. The lie as discursive mask and the manipulation of the “true lie” during the ordalie or other episodes is one of the subtle and original writing points of the “Tristan” Romances.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 11-18
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French