Roman De La Rose

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
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THE SEARCH FOR SENEFIANCE:
CONTRAIRES ALLEGORIES
IN THE
ROMAN DE LA ROSE
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
The Department of French and Italian
by
Camilla Rachal Pugh
B.S., Louisiana State University, 1961
M.A., Louisiana State University, 1963
December, 1999
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To Gordon,
my dear husband and staunchest supporter
gratitude and thanks
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As this dissertation draws to completion, there are so many people who have aided
and encouraged me along the way that I find it an impossible task to name them all. I shall,
however, do my best. My major professor, Alexandre Leupin, has been a source of
knowledge, resources, and encouragement as I have pursued my doctoral studies. My
committee, Lucie Brind'amour, Jesse Gellrich, Christine Kooi, Greg Stone, and Andrew
Traver have also contributed significantly to this effort, each in his or her own way.
Adelaide Russo and Gayla Moncla lent their sympathetic ears and gave valuable advice.
My family, especially my husband, my children, and my parents, have supported me by
allowing the writing of this dissertation to become a priority in my life, and, therefore, in
theirs. Friends have checked on my progress and cheered me on.
I also would like to acknowledge others who, while perhaps not participating
directly in this dissertation, have contributed significantly to my development as a scholar
Elliott D. Healy, whose love of all things medieval initially sparked my own interest in this
field; Cecil G. Taylor, whose support and encouragement spanned all three degrees which I
have pursued at L.S.U.; Andr6 Vemet of the Ecole des Chartes, who responded to my
request to leam about manuscript editing by putting me in touch with Genevidve Hasenohr;
and Genevidve Hasenohr, also of the Ecole des Chartes and head of the Section Romane of
the Insdtut de Recherches et d'Histoire des Textes, who has been my mentor as I continue
to pursue the editing of medieval manuscripts.
To all of you: thank you.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................................................................iv
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................vii
L INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1
1.1 The Promise of Senefiance......................................................................5
1.2. Reading Stances Advanced for the Roman de la Rose..........................10
1.3. Critical Perspectives Concerning Faus Semblant......................................19
1.4. The Function of Bel Accueil in the Roman de la Rose..........................21
1.5. The Role of Genius.................................................................................23
1.6. Reading Strategies......................................................................................24
II. THE ALLEGORICAL VERSUS THE LITERAL TRADITION:
CONTRAIRES CHOSES...............................................................................33
2.1. The Classical Era.......................................................................................36
2.2. The Early Middle Ages.............................................................................45
2.3. The Late Middle Ages...............................................................................46
2.4. A Note on Dialectic................................................................................53
m. FAUS SEMBLANT: THE CONTRAIRE PROTAGONIST.............................58
3.1. Faus Semblant's Entrance into the Text and Its Significance..............59
3.2. The Genealogy of Faus Semblant............................................................61
3.3. Amant's Metamorphosis............................................................................64
3.4. Dreams: Songes or Mengongesl............................................................67
3.5. Faus Semblant as Revealed through His Discourse...............................71
3.6. Pools and Mirrors....................................................................................73
3.7. Apocalyptical Imagery and the University Quarrel..............................75
IV. FAUS SEMBLANT: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.................................80
V. FAUS SEMBLANT: A LITERARY PERSPECTIVE.........................................99
5.1. Faus Semblant's Literary Origin...............................................................101
5.2. Jean de Meun Links Faus Semblant to the Pseudo-prophets
of the University Quarrel......................................................................104
5.3. Creating the Character of Faus Semblant................................................107
5.4. Crafting the Discourse............................................................................ 113
5.5. The City of the Devil.............................................................................. 155
5.6. Conclusions.................................................................................................157
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VI. AMANT: A LITERARY PERSPECTIVE..........................................................168
6.1. Love Defined............................................................................................ 169
6.2. Amant as Narcissus....................................................................................173
6.3. Bel Accueil: Amant's Other Love.............................................................176
6.4. Nature's Intervention..................................................................................184
6.5. The City of the Devil Revisited................................................................187
6.6. Nature’s Response to Man’s Disobedience..............................................188
6.7. Venus’s Intervention................................................................................ 191
6.8. Amant: Narcissus Fulfilled, Pygmalion Reversed............................... 192
6.9. Denouement ............................................................................................195
6.10. Conclusions...............................................................................................196
VH. GENIUS’S DISCOURSE: THE DIFFINITTVE SANTANCE.........................203
7.1. Nature's Commandments...........................................................................207
7.2. The Park of the Lamb................................................................................215
VIE. CONCLUSION: JEAN’S TESTAMENT..........................................................223
BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................................................................235
APPENDIX A: PROPOSITIONS CONDEMNED BY THE COMMISSION
OFANAGNI..................................................................................................... 242
APPENDIX B: PARTIAL TEXT OF THE PROCES VERBAUX AT ANAGNI.. 246
APPENDIX C: SECOND LISTING OF ERRORS APPEARING IN
COLLECTIO JUDICIORUM. VOL. 1, PP. 164 - 165
(B.N. LATIN 16533, SORBONNE 1706) AND SIMILAR TO
THOSE ATTRIBUTED TO NICHOLAS EYMERIC...................................249
APPENDIX D: LIST OF THIRTY-ONE ERRORS SENT BY THE
THEOLOGIANS AT PARIS TO THE POPE WHICH APPEAR
IN THE CHARTULARIUM UNIVERSITATIS PARIENSIS.
VOL. 1, NO. 243, PP. 272 - 275 .................................................................... 252
APPENDIX E: THE TEXT OF THE CONDEMNATION OF JOACHIM
DE FIORE’S WORKS ISSUED BY A REGIONAL COUNCIL
AT ARLES IN 1260 fCOLLECTIO JUDICIORUM.
VOL. 1, PP. 166 - 168).................................................................................... 257
VITA.................................................................................................................................261
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