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Page 108
... narrative stanzas , a technique borrowed from the medieval carols . The lyrical and incantatory effect of refrains during the ballad performance is very appealing , but in cold print they often look ridiculous , which is perhaps why ...
... narrative stanzas , a technique borrowed from the medieval carols . The lyrical and incantatory effect of refrains during the ballad performance is very appealing , but in cold print they often look ridiculous , which is perhaps why ...
Page 119
... narration , since the narrator - character can know only those events in which he participates . There can , of course , be a number of secondary narratives enclosed in the main narrative , and this device - though it sometimes looks ...
... narration , since the narrator - character can know only those events in which he participates . There can , of course , be a number of secondary narratives enclosed in the main narrative , and this device - though it sometimes looks ...
Page 140
... narrative poems known as the Breton lays . Only occasionally did a popular short romance like Aucassin and Nicolette ( 13th century ) fail to address any of the three Matters . Also widely respected was the exemplum , a short didac- tic ...
... narrative poems known as the Breton lays . Only occasionally did a popular short romance like Aucassin and Nicolette ( 13th century ) fail to address any of the three Matters . Also widely respected was the exemplum , a short didac- tic ...
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