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The "trial" of the Narrator in Chaucer's The Prologue to The Legend of Good Women

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  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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  • 2003

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Chaucer's engagement with the nature and function of writing is epitomised in his acknowledgement of the role of reading in writing. The dream poems present a narrator who promotes a writing theory largely based on reading others' works. In the Prologue to The Legend of Good Women, the narrator is confronted with the implications of this theory. Discussion of the narrator's books reveals that the reader's attitude to the text can subvert the intention of the author. This paper examines the "trial scene" in the Prologue to The Legend of Good Women and argues that it endorses Chaucer's theory of writing.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Chaucer'mrüya şiirleri ve Troilus and Criseyde adlı eserlerindeki anlatıcısı yoluyla sürekli konu ettiği yazma sanatıyla ilgili görüşleri yazma eyleminin okuma kaynaklı olduğu yolundadır. Bu makale, anlatıcının belirtilen eserlerdeki konumunu da temel alarak, The Prologue to The Legend of Good Women' da anlatıcının yargılanmasını incelemekte ve bu yargılamanın Chaucer'ın başka eserlerin yorumlanmasından kaynaklanan yazma teorisini sınadığı ve yol açtığı tartışmalara rağmen onayladığı tezini savunmaktadır.
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