« Sun parastre ad le chief tolu » : vengeance, jugement et amour dans le lai d’Yonec

The end of Yonec’s lai presents a cruel and surprising spectacle : seeing his mother dead on the grave of her bird-lover, Yonec, the lady’s son, beheads his stepfather in front of the people gathered in the chapter hall of an abbey. The gesture, often read as an expression of revenge, can however be...

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Main Author: Catherine Nicolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université du Sud Toulon-Var 2020-12-01
Series:Babel : Littératures Plurielles
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/babel/11443