FREN211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Nightingale (Opera), Bourgeoisie, Platonic Love
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Love was generally adulterous due to arranged marriages: so she had a lot of love triangles. Known for: a lot of trade, a good economy, start of bourgeoisie culture, the start of universities, a lot of art. Huge and lots of details let a lot of light in literature. Valued traits: chevalresesque : chivalrous, courtoisie: courteous. Referring to the court and the way they were supposed to act. Featuring a love triangle and impossible love . Took place in a room in a castle: le milieu, interior the woman is imprisoned by her marriage with her husband and stuck in the castle. The moral is to not let your eyes wander. Vocab: tromper qqn: to do someone wrong, to cheat on someone. The husband cheated on because he is not courtoisie. Themes: irony, la courtoisie, realism takes place in saint-malo. Tristan is courtoisie because he respects her wishes. Takes place in galle (wales) and the forest.
