Chaucer's game of tragedy : a play concept analysis of Troilus and Crisyede : honors thesis [(HONRS 499)]

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to establish the play-concept as a useful tool in literary analysis. To this end the paper will attempt to demonstrate how action and character in Chaucer's Troilus and Crisyede can be better understood in terms of "play" in the sense that Johan Huizinga has demonstrated in Homo Ludens.