Date of Award
4-1935
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Literatures, Languages, and Cultures
First Advisor
Charles L. Scanlon
Abstract
The Chivalresque Novels are rambling narratives of the great deeds preformed by the various legendary heroes. Some are purely fictitious yet often times they contain facts which are historically correct. They are romantic in every sense of the word. The good always triumphant over the evil and the ending pleasant with the usual rewards and punishments.
In the pages of the Chivalresque Novels, which usually numbered in the thousands, men sought and found refuge from the reality that faced them in life.
Europe was an armed camp when these novels were at the apex of their popularity. No one had escaped the grim reality of war. Obviously the literary tastes of the time would tend towards the other extreme. The individual selected reading matter which was romantic and idealistic in theme. The demand had to be and was satisfied. During the Sixteenth Century innumerable Chivalresque Novels were written in every country of Europe.
Quite naturally with the decline of militaristic activity the Chivalresque Novels,as well, as other novels of their type, waned in their popularity until they finally died out altogether. Only to be read by a few courageous souls who could not be awed by their volume.
Recommended Citation
Krembs, Francis Xavier, "The Chivalresque Enfluence on the Don Quijote de la Mancha" (1935). Bachelors’ Theses. 766.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/766
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin