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1、AucassinandNicoleteAucassinandNicolete1AucassinandNicoleteINTRODUCTIONThereisnothinginartisticpoetryquiteakinto"AucassinandNicolete."ByararepieceofgoodfortunetheonemanuscriptoftheSong-Storyhasescapedthosewavesoftime,whichhavewreckedthebarkofMenander,andlef
2、tofSapphobutafewfloatingfragments.Theveryformofthetaleispeculiar;wehavenothingelsefromthetwelfthorthirteenthcenturyinthealternateproseandverseofthecante-fable.{1}Wehavefabliauxinverse,andproseArthurianromances.WehaveChansonsdeGeste,heroicpoemslike"Roland,"
3、unrhymedassonantlaisses,butwehavenotthealternationsofprosewithlaissesinseven-syllabledlines.Itcannotbecertainlyknownwhethertheformof"AucassinandNicolete"wasafamiliarform--usedbymanyjogleors,orwanderingminstrelsandstory-tellerssuchasNicolete,inthetale,feign
4、edherselftobe,--orwhetherthisisasolitaryexperimentby"theoldcaptive"itsauthor,acontemporary,asM.GastonParisthinkshim,ofLouisVII(1130).Hewasoriginalenoughtohaveinvented,oradoptedfrompopulartradition,aformforhimself;hisoriginalitydeclaresitselfeverywhereinhis
5、onesurvivingmasterpiece.True,heusescertaintraditionalformulae,thathavesurvivedinhistime,astheysurvivedinHomer's,fromthemannerofpurelypopularpoetry,ofVolkslieder.Thusherepeatssnatchesofconversationalwaysinthesame,orverynearlythesamewords.Hehasastereotypedfo
6、rm,likeHomer,forsayingthatonepersonaddressedanother,"ainstraistauviscontedelavilesil'apela"[Greektextwhichcannotbereproduced]...LikeHomer,andlikepopularsong,hedealsinrecurrentepithets,andchangelesscourtesies.ToAucassinthehideousplough-manis"Biaxfrere,""fai
7、rbrother,"justasthetreacherousAegisthusis[Greektext]inHomer;thesearecomplimentaryterms,withnomoralsenseinparticular.ThejogleorisnotmorecuriousthanHomer,orthanthepoetsoftheoldballads,aboutgivingnoveldescriptionsofhischaracters.AsHomer'sladiesare"fair-tresse
8、d,"soNicoleteandAucassinhave,eachofthem,closeyellowcurls,eyesofvair2AucassinandNicolete(whateverthatmaymean),andredlips.Warcannotbementionedexceptaswar"whereknightsdosmiteandaresmitten,"andsoforth.Theauthoris
