Date of Award
1977
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Greer, Allen W.
Abstract
A study of the dialogue in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde indicates that the range of expression with which the characters are endowed, from the formal to thecolloquial, contributes to the verisimilitude of the dialogue as well as to the structure of the poem. The range is functional not only because it helps create realistic expression, but also because it allows one style to predominate and diminish according to the poem's structure. In the first part of the poem, approximately to the midpoint of the poem at line 1309 in Book III, the colloquial style reflects the ascending movement of the Wheel of Fortune and the happiness of the characters. Throughout the rest of the poem this style diminishes while the formal predominates, in accordance with the Wheel's descending movement and the characters' sorrow. This artistic balance is evidence of Chaucer's control of language.
Extent
78 p.
Recommended Citation
JASIN, JOANNE., "RANGE OF THE DIALOGUE IN CHAUCER'S "TROILUS AND CRISEYDE."" (1977). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 574.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/574
Identifier
FADT13869
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters