RONDEAU OF CHARLES D'ORLÉANS: SYMBOL OF THE CIRCLE AND ALLEGORY OF «FORTUNA »
Abstract
The descendant of the great rhetoricians
and the last classic of the poetry of the
late middle Ages, Charles d'Orleans was a skillful
master of allegory and metaphor. In his adherence
to the capacious, conceptually concentrated
genre of the Rondeau, the poet was able
to express a broad spectre of images. The article
presents a study of the structure of the Rondeau
in terms of form and content. So the main
topic of this work is the "round-type" layout of
the genre, which corresponds to an allegory of
Fortuna. Charles d'Orleans is a remarkable example
when the personified image of Fortuna is
compared either with the wheel of fate or with
the changeability of the moon. The juxtaposition
of compelled submission to fate with resist
ance to it form the main focus of the dramatic
conflict in Charles d'Orleans' Rondeau.
and the last classic of the poetry of the
late middle Ages, Charles d'Orleans was a skillful
master of allegory and metaphor. In his adherence
to the capacious, conceptually concentrated
genre of the Rondeau, the poet was able
to express a broad spectre of images. The article
presents a study of the structure of the Rondeau
in terms of form and content. So the main
topic of this work is the "round-type" layout of
the genre, which corresponds to an allegory of
Fortuna. Charles d'Orleans is a remarkable example
when the personified image of Fortuna is
compared either with the wheel of fate or with
the changeability of the moon. The juxtaposition
of compelled submission to fate with resist
ance to it form the main focus of the dramatic
conflict in Charles d'Orleans' Rondeau.
About the Author
Анастасия Селиванова
Московский государственный
областной университет
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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