Extant Analogues of the "Franklin's Tale" in the Turkish Oral Tradition

Extant Analogues of the "Franklin's Tale" in the Turkish Oral Tradition

Walker examines four texts that have grown out of Turkish oral tradition, considering to what extent similar narratives may have influenced Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale." In folkloristic scholarship the "Franklin's Tale" is identified as a variant of international ta...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Chaucer review 1999-01, Vol.33 (4), p.432-437
1. Verfasser: Walker, Warren S.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Walker examines four texts that have grown out of Turkish oral tradition, considering to what extent similar narratives may have influenced Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale." In folkloristic scholarship the "Franklin's Tale" is identified as a variant of international tale type 976--"Which Was the Noblest Act?"
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