Futurity and Finitude in the Canso de la crozada.

  • Published In: Diacritics, 2023, v. 51, n. 4. P. 80 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Young, Geneviève 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay reads the thirteenth-century Old Occitan epic Canso de la crozada through Jean-Luc Nancy's theories of community and communal mythologies. Through its analysis of the Canso 's unfinished manuscript decorations and the presence of two politically opposed poets, the essay shows that the creation of myth in the chansons de geste is the result of historical desires. In so doing, this essay also expands the theoretical world of Nancy's readings of the "communal," and provides a frame for theorizing his engagements with time as ideological by revealing how the past and the possible speak to one another in his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Diacritics. 2023/10, Vol. 51, Issue 4, p80
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0300-7162
  • DOI:10.1353/dia.2023.a948431
  • Accession Number:182884545
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