Turoldus
Author of The Song of Roland
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Bibbia e storia dell'uomo 1 copy
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- Turoldus
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- Turold
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- 11th century
- Date of death
- 11th-12th century
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- male
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- France
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Anyway, I looked her up on Wikipedia and it turns out it was men. Men hurt Dorothy.
Anyway, the substance of the poem. I enjoyed the translation, the rhythm and assonance, it was pleasing to read. The quality of the content was probably just fine in its time, recited aloud to audiences hungry for a heroic tale of national pride. However it lack the nuance craved by the modern analytical reader - the heroes are all objectively right, the villains are objectively villainous, everyone including his enemies knows it to be true that Roland is the greatest knight in Charlemagne's entourage. There's no variety of perspective or motive for the conflict beyond the actors playing their assigned roles.
Interesting elements: the existence of black African soldiers fighting in medieval Europe, the ultra-violence, the imagery of the beautiful flowered meadow become a place of sorrow and carnage.… (more)