(THE ROLE OF THE) SARACENS AS IDOLATERS IN THE FRENCH EPIC THE SONG OF ROLAND Cover Image

УЛОГАТА НА ПАГАНСКИОТ СТАТУС НА САРАЦЕНИТЕ ВО ЕПОТ ПЕСНА ЗА РОЛАНД
(THE ROLE OF THE) SARACENS AS IDOLATERS IN THE FRENCH EPIC THE SONG OF ROLAND

Author(s): Kristina Dimovska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: La chanson de Roland; Franks; Saracens; Christians; pagans; heretics

Summary/Abstract: The main focus of this research paper is to show the status the Saracens have in the French epic La chanson de Roland / The Song of Roland. The paper aims to present how the ‘author’s’ / scriber’s Christian view point, focalization and discourse, has lead to presenting the Saracens as idolaters, pagans, heretics, compared to the Franks as monotheists and ethically better than their enemies.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 212-224
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English, Macedonian