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TPO 13 Lecture 3 Poetry
Narrator:
Listen to part of the lecture in poetry class, the professor is discussing medieval poetry.
Professor:
OK, so the two poems we are looking at today fall into the category of medieval times, which
was how long ago?
Student:
Almost a thousand years ago, right?
Professor:
Yes, that’s right.
Student:
But, professor, are you sure these are poems? I mean I thought poems were shorter; these were
more like long stories. I mean one of them must all about love, but the other one the
Chan…Chan…whatever it called, the other one; it’s all about fighting and battles. I mean can
both of them be considered to be poems?
Professor:
Well, think back to the very beginning of this course.
Student:
Aha
Professor:
Remember how we, we define poetry? In the very broadest sense, we said
it’s written to evoke, to make you, the audience, have some kind of the
emotional experience through the use of imagery, en, some kinds of
predictable rhythm.And usually, but not always, there’s more than one
meaning implied with the words that are used.
Let’s start with the Chanson poetry first. That’s Chanson. Chanson poem
became popular in Europe, particularly in France, and the term is actually
short for a longer French phrase that translates to a…huh… songs of deeds.
Now they were called songs of deeds because strangely enough, they were
written to describe the heroic deeds or actions of warriors, the knights during
conflicts. We don’t know a lot about the authors, it still contests somewhat.
But we are pretty sure about who the Chanson poems were written for. That
is---they were written for the knights and the lords---the nobility that they
served. The poems were song performed by a minsstrola, a singer who
travelled from castle to castle, singing to its local lord and its knights.Ah…
well, would someone summarize the main features of the Chanson poems
you read?
Student:
Well, there’s a hero, and a knight, who goes to battle, and he is inspired for
his courage, bravery and loyalty, loyalty to the royalty serves, his country and
his fellow warriors in the field. He’s a, he has a, he’s a skilled fighter, willing to
face the most extreme dangers, sacrificial, willing that sacrifice anything and
everything to protect his king and country.
Professor:
Ok, now be given that the intended audiences for these poems were knights
and lords. What can we say about the purpose of Chanson poetry? What
kinds of feelings were it meant to provoke?
Student:
I guess they must been really appealing to those knights and lords who were
listening to them. Hearing the songs probably made them feel more patriotic,
made them feel like a good noble thing to serve their countries, and whatever
way they could.
Professor:
Good, we’ve got a pretty good picture of what the Chanson hero was like.
Now let’s compare that to the hero in the other poem. The other poem is an
example what’s called Romance Poetry.And the hero in the romance poems
was also in knight. But what made the knight in Romance Poetry different
from the knight in Chanson poetry. Well, first the purpose of the hero’s actions
was different. The hero in the Romance Poetry is independent, purely solitary
in a way, not like the Chanson poet who was always surrounded by his
fighting companions. He doesn’t engage in the conflict to protect his lords or
country. He does it for the sake of adventure, to improve himself, to show his
worthy of respect and love for his lady. He’s very conscious of the particular
rules of social behavior he has to live up to somehow.And all of those actions
are for the purpose of proving that he is an upright moral, well-mannered, well
behaved individual. You may have noticed that in Chanson’s poetry there isn’t
much about the hero’s feelings. The focus is on the actions, the deeds. But
the Romance Poetry describes a lot of the inner feelings, the motivations,
psychology you could say, of the knight trying to improve himself, to better
himself, so he’s worthy the love of a woman.
What it explains this difference? Well, a digging into the historical context tells
us a lot. Romance Poetry emerged few generations after Chanson, and its
roots were in geographical regions of France that were comer, where conflict
wasn’t central to people’s lives. More peaceful times meant there was more
time for education, travel, more time for reflection.Another name for
Romance Poetry that’s often synonym with it is troubadour poetry.
Troubadours were the authors of the new romance poems.And we know a lot
more about the troubadours than we do about the Chanson authors, because
they often had small biographical sketches added to their poems that gives
more specific information about their social status, geographical location and
small outlines of their career. These information wasn’t particularly reliable
because they were sometimes based on fictitious stories, great adventure or
the scrape together from parts of the different poems. But there is enough to
squeeze or infer some facts about their social class. The political climates
have settle down enough so that troubadours had the luxury being able to
spend most if not all of their time, creating, crafting or composing their love
songs for their audiences.And yes these poems were also songs; many
troubadours were able to make a living being full time poets which should tell
you something about the value of that profession during the medieval times.
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