If there is one point on which critics are unanimous, it is in recognizing that the different authors of the Roman de Renart frequently indulge in parody of the literary genres in vogue at their time, the Chanson de Geste and the Roman Courtois. Wanting to determine the place that epic parody holds in the whole of the Roman de Renart would be to open a long and meticulous investigation; this is why the present study necessarily falls within a more limited framework: we are only interested in the "first poem in French of Renart and Isengrin" according to Foulet's expression, that is to say branches II and Va as published by Martin. - [Author]

Language: French