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Comprehension of love in Middle English poetic tradition: comparative aspect (OPEN ACCESS)

Tomberg O.V.

Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Russia, Yekaterinburg, olgatomberg@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article explores specific features of understanding of love in two historical subperiods: in pre-Norman (VIII – XI c.) and post-Norman (XIII – XV c.) medieval Britain. Lexicographic analysis illustrates an expansion of the semantic facets of the concept in the late medieval period; the same tendency is proved by a conceptual and stylistic analysis of literary works. It results from the development of genre repertoire of the medieval literature, setting in the chivalric values, conceptual synthesis.

Keywords

axiological concept; literary genre; plot and motive; concept characteristics; narrative dimension of the concept; chivalry

For citing: Tomberg O.V. (2021). Comprehension of love in Middle English poetic tradition: comparative aspect. 10.31249/chel/2021.04.04Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 4(48), pp. 43-66. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2021.04.04

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