Multilingualism and mother tongue in medieval French, Occitan, and Catalan narratives
By: Catherine E. Léglu.
Series: Penn State Romance studies
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780271036724; 9780271036731
Subjects: Romances -- History and criticism; French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Provençal literature -- History and criticism; Catalan literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Multilingualism and literature -- France -- History -- To 1500; Multilingualism -- France -- History -- To 1500
Description: "Explores the ways in which vernacular works composed in Occitan, Catalan, and French between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries narrate multilingualism and its apparent opponent, the mother tongue. These encounters are narrated through literary motifs of love, incest, disguise, and travel"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Myths of multilingualism: Babel in Girart de Roussillon; Tongues of fire in Guilhem de la Barra; Acquiring the (m)other tongue in Avignon and Toulouse; title: Part 2. Language politics: Translation scandals; Languages and borders in three novas; Monolingualism and endogamy: French examples; title: Part 3. The monolangue. The multilingual Paris and Vienne; Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelonne; Travels in the monolangue.