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Chanson de Roland(English; “Song of Roland”) Old French epic poem written c. 1100, the masterpiece and probably the earliest of the chanson de geste form. Its probable author was a Norman, Turold (Turoldus), whose name is introduced in its last line. It deals with the Battle of Roncesvalles (778), a skirmish against the Basques that the poem portrays as a heroic battle against the Saracens. Direct and sober in style, it highlights a clash between the recklessly courageous Roland and his prudent friend Oliver, which is also a conflict between divergent conceptions of feudal loyalty. |
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| Thus we move from "heroic time" in the Chanson de Roland to "erotic time" in troubadour poetry to "Arthurian time" in Chretien de Troyes's first romances (Erec et Enide, Chevalier au Lion, and Perceval) to more problematic time in Queste del Saint Graal and La Mort le roi Artu. Part 2, "Texts and Contexts," is composed of four chapters in which the author deals with the prehistory of the romance epic in Italy and briefly points out the seminal impact that the Chanson de Roland and the chansons de geste had on Franco-Venetian and Franco-Tuscan cantari. |
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