Proverbes et expressions proverbiales dans le roman de Rou de Wace

Le Saux, F. (2020) Proverbes et expressions proverbiales dans le roman de Rou de Wace. In: Le Style de Wace: Actes du colloque de la SERAM, July 2019, Jersey, pp. 73-86.

Abstract/Summary

This study analyses the use of proverbs and proverbial material in the history of the Dukes of Normandy by the twelfth-century poet and historian Wace. Far from being throwaway rhetorical adornment, proverbs and proverbial passages are deployed in a creative and meaningful way. The outlook is both political and pastoral; proverbs are tailored to specific contexts in such a way as to reveal ambiguities, complexities and misunderstandings.