[DOC] [TLE] chanson de geste | Old French epic | Britannica.com [PAR] Chanson de geste, ( French: song of deeds) any of the Old French epic poems 
... The emperor Charlemagne is portrayed as the champion of Christendom. ... 
and the austere early poems were supplemented by enfances (youthful exploits) 
.... form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of 
rhythm,... [DOC] [TLE] Chanson de geste - Wikipedia [PAR] The chanson de geste, Old French for "song of heroic deeds is a medieval 
narrative, a type of epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. The 
earliest known poems of this genre date from the late eleventh and early .... Early 
chansons de geste were typically composed in ten-syllable lines grouped in... [DOC] [TLE] The Song of Roland - Wikipedia [PAR] The Song of Roland is an epic poem based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, 
during the reign of Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French 
literature and exists in various ... The Poem of the Cid, one of the most 
outstanding examples of the chanson de geste, a literary form that flourished 
between the... [DOC] [TLE] Chansons de Geste and the Homeric Problem - JStor [PAR] French epic poems, known generally as "chansons de geste," had been forgotten 
for ..... senting Charlemagne as " emperor " and a mighty ruler, with those of the 
..... and their exploits, so far as they are historical at all, are localized, and that... [DOC] [TLE] French Literature - The Crusades - Erenow [PAR] The chansons de geste were long narrative poems written in laisses ... in the age 
of Emperor Charlemagne (771-814) or his immediate predecessors and 
successors. ... These were first named by an epic poet, Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube
, in Girart ... more generally known as the Guillaume d'Orange cycle; and the 
Geste de... [DOC] [TLE] Lesson 1: French Literature: Origins [PAR] 1.4, Understand the components and origins of the chansons de geste. ... of 
French literature, the chansons de geste, or songs of heroic exploits. ... We do not 
know for certain whether the many examples of these long epic poems were 
written by ... The hero is the emperor, Charlemagne (742814), who in real life 
labored to... [DOC] [TLE] 10-13 MAY 1990 [PAR] The prose version of Florent et Octavien, usually entitled Le roman d'Othovyen ... 
manuscripts of the fourteenth-century poem in alexandrins, the subject of the ... 
Florent's exploits in behalf of King Dagobert's defense of Paris .... To call the late 
epics chansons de geste is to remind ..... French emperor doesn't look so bad. [DOC] [TLE] Epic [PAR] Sep 12, 2001 ... 4.1.4.3 Chansons de geste. ... Epic poetry has been used by peoples all over the 
world and in different ages to transmit their traditions from one... [DOC] [TLE] "The Illuminated Geste De Saint Gille: Questions of Genre" by ... [PAR] Stereotypes of medieval French literary including the distinction begenre, ... He 
adds, "The chanson de geste is thus more than just one of the oldest forms of 
French literature. It remained the privileged mode of expression for military 
exploits and ... The relative absence of the visual motif of combat in the epic 
poems which... [DOC] [TLE] Dreams, History and the Hero in the Chansons de Geste [PAR] French chansons de geste are epic poems describing the heroic exploits of ..... 
dream, the historian was usually more concerned to express a judgement ... 
emperor. Geoffrey never indicates which interpretation is to be preferred, though 
since... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "A history of French literature : from the earliest times to ... [PAR] In particular, our selections from the Chanson de Roland have had the benefit of 
Professor Jenkins' revision. ... The Reaction in Poetry : Baudelaire and the 
Parnassians . 602 IV. .... He exploits his idea or emotion to the full extent of its 
social value. ..... To find this we must turn to the French epic, or chansons de 
geste. [DOC] [TLE] Charlemagne - Myth Encyclopedia - god

Question: Chansons de Geste, French epic poems usually about the exploits of this emperor
Answer: Charlemagne