Chapter 1
Combien de littératures latines médiévales ?
There are four intersecting approaches to medieval Latin literature: Latinists now study the life
of Latin in its entirety from both a linguistic and an aesthetic point of view; Romance specialists are interested in
Latin as the point of origin, and ethnologists as a medium of transmission; historians are beginning to consider the
development of narrative and its poetization as a historical subject in its own right; historians of intellectual life
appreciate the cultural transmission through the refinements and transformations of a textual heritage that is
constantly being reconsidered.
Article outline
- La littérature latine médiévale des latinistes: Une décadence, mais un héritage malgré tout
- La littérature latine médiévale des spécialistes des textes vernaculaires, des ethnologues et folkloristes: Un réservoir indispensable mais vite oublié
- La littérature latine médiévale des historiens: Une source sous suspicion
- La littérature latine des historiens de la pensée
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Bibliographie
Article language: French