'Yvain' dans le miroir

This study views the pervasive ambiguity of Chretien''s romances as a positive quality and focuses on the techniques used in Yvain to encourage reflection. An adversative structure informs this romance, setting up a disconcerting rhythm of false belief and reversal which forces the reader/listener (like the hero) to question all that meets the eyes and ears. Grimbert''s discussion ranges broadly a...