Chantefable

Chantefable (also: Cantefable) is a form of French literature .

It is a medieval love story of prose and verse ( prosimetrum ), the prose parts of which are spoken ( fabler from Latin fabulari , to speak, tell) and the intercalated verses are sung. The material is mainly derived from the courtly novel . The only known example is Aucassin et Nicolette (beginning of the 13th century, from the Picardy-speaking area) , in which the term is also used for the first time: cantefable ( Versteil 41, v. 24). According to the majority of researchers, it is a successful parody of the medieval adventure and romance novel.

literature

• Hanns Heiss : The shape of the cantefable . In: Journal for French Language and Literature (ZFSL), vol. 42 (1914), ISSN  0044-2747 , pp. 251 ff.
• Online entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica