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French and Francophone Language and Literature

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2001

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A La Découverte D'Une Perle Francaise: L'Identité De Marguerite De Valois Définie Par Son Choix De Références [Discovering A French Pearl: Marguerite De Valois' Identity As Defined By Her Choice Of References], Jenifer Ann Branton-Desris Dec 2001

A La Découverte D'Une Perle Francaise: L'Identité De Marguerite De Valois Définie Par Son Choix De Références [Discovering A French Pearl: Marguerite De Valois' Identity As Defined By Her Choice Of References], Jenifer Ann Branton-Desris

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Marguerite de Valois reveals a self-portrait through the references found in her writings. Whether the references are in the third person, the second person (the addressee), or the first person (the “self’), Marguerite always chooses references which reflect several of her own personnality traits. By studying the precise references found in each of these categories, it is possible to develop a self-portrait of this sixteenth-century queen. An analysis of the references found in all of Marguerite de Valois’s writings is the focus of this study. Her writings include the Mémoire iustificatif pour Henri de Bourbon, the Discours docte et …


Words And Music In Communion: An Analysis Of Guillaume De Machaut's "Le Lay De La Fonteinne" In Cultural Context, Patricia A. Turcic Dec 2001

Words And Music In Communion: An Analysis Of Guillaume De Machaut's "Le Lay De La Fonteinne" In Cultural Context, Patricia A. Turcic

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Fourteenth-century France exhibits the effects of an era grappling for an identity through its language, poetry and music. Amidst intellectual rigidity and diurnal despair, this transitional period enfeebled by medieval traditions yet aspired to humanist artistry. Guillaume de Machaut, illustrious poet-composer in the medieval myth, offered a means of embellishing life through a variety of secular songs. In particular, the lay, a twelve-stanza traditional form and predecessor to the “virelai,” “ballade,” and “rondeau,” permitted this versatile artist to musically integrate divergent but equally imposing strains in fourteenth- century French culture. By means of rhythmic and poetic juxtaposition, traditional and innovative …