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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1974 - 8/31/1975

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)

The Dimensions of Romance: The Early Narrative Art of Chretien de Troyes

FAIN: FB-12248-74

Donald Maddox
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA 01003-9242)

To examine Chretien de Troyes' use of mythic elements in his work as a means of exploring the flexibility and potentiality of the genre of romance. The study will afford a broad assessment of the nature and scope of romance in its classical phases in medieval France.