Multilingualism and mother tongue in medieval French, Occitan and Catalan narratives / / Catherine E. Léglu

• Autore: Léglu Catherine
• Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 237 p. :) : ill.
• Disciplina: 840.934
• Soggetto topico: Provençal literature - History and criticism; Romances - History and criticism; Catalan literature - To 1500 - History and criticism; French literature - To 1500 - History and criticism; Multilingualism - France - History - To 1500; Multilingualism and literature - France - History - To 1500
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-229) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. 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 -- Part II. Language politics. Translation scandals; Languages and borders in three novas; Monolingualism and endogamy: French examples -- Part III. The monolangue. The multilingual Paris and Vienne; Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelonne; Travels in the monolangue.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Multilingualism and mother tongue in medieval French, Occitan and Catalan narratives
• ISBN: 0-271-07863-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826286003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Penn State Romance studies.