Lancelot Or The Knight Of The Cart By Chr Tien De Troyes Book Analysis

Chrétien de Troyes was a 12th century French poet known for his poems about King Arthur. Troyes also created the character Lancelot.

Originlly published in 1984, this book contains the full text of Lancelot or, The Knight of the Cart, the third or fourth major work by the twelfth-century poet Chrétien de Troyes, alongisde a full translation and textual notes.

The Romances of Chr�tien de Troyes were some of the most influencial Arthurian stories of all time. In addition to possibly inventing the character of Lancelot, Chr�tien also romanticized life at King Arthur's court in a way that had not been done before. This edition contains the four complete Arthurian Romances: Erec and Enide, Cliges, Yvain, and Lancelot. The fifth romance, Perceval, is incomplete and an English translation does not exist in the public domain, so it is not included here. These texts are taken from public domain sources. A free copy of the ebook is available online. About the Arthurian Classics These are public domain works presented as a cohesive and branded line of literature, brought to you by MythBank.com. Visit the site to learn more.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English - History of Literature, Eras, grade: 1,7, Free University of Berlin (Fachbereich Englisch), course: Medieval English Literatures II: English Arthurian Romances, language: English, abstract: There is no doubt that Chrétien de Troyes was one of the most influential writers in the Middle Ages, and his poem Yvain: The Knight of the Lion (Yvain: Le Chevalier au Lion) is probably one of the greatest masterpieces of medieval writing. Since there are many different redactions of Chrétien's Yvain: The Knight of the Lion (hereafter Yvain) today - such as Hartmann von Aue's Iwein, the Welsh Owein, and the Middle English Ywain and Gawain (hereafter YG) - it can be rightfully claimed that Yvain had a huge impact on the literary world of the Middle Ages. Referring to the English world of literature, YG is - of course - the most popular redaction of Chrétien's Yvain. However, there are a lot of critics who argue whether this Middle English redaction of Chrétien's Yvain should be regarded "as a work of art in its own right or as merely a translation" [Finlayson 1969: 312] of its French source. In order to give proof that YG is a work of its own rather than a pure literal translation of Chrétien's Yvain, this paper aims to highlight and analyse some striking differences between these two poems. Therefore, this paper will first focus on some differences in terms of form and style, and then, it will concentrate on some matters which are related to different meanings and different focal points of YG and Yvain.