In the following essay, Frank considers the humor and trickery in the tavern scenes from Jeu de Saint Nicolas.
Schulze, Guesnon and Jeanroy have all tried to solve the reckonings of the tavern-keep...
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In the essay below, Dinshaw considers the role of games in Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas, arguing that the metaphor of the game works on many levels in the play.
Much of the scholarship on Jean Bodel�...
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In the following essay, Dane centers on the function of Auberon, a pagan messenger, and concludes that in Jeu de Saint Nicolas, Bodel is parodying the "structure of an aetiological myth."...
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In the following excerpt, Dane analyzes the structure of Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas and places it within the context of French literature, arguing that the meaning of the play is ambivalent.
No other ...
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In the essay below, Raybin argues that Bodel creates two distinct settings in Jeu de Saint Nicolas and, by juxtaposing them, creates a new form of discourse.
If there is one point on which readers ...
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In the excerpt below, Vincent provides an overview of critical scholarship on Jeu de Saint Nicolas, arguing that critics have focused on small aspects of the play at the expense of viewing it as a who...
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In the following excerpt, Marshall uses the various rhyme schemes employed in Jeu de Saint Nicolas as a basis for analyzing the play's meaning, structure, and stage layout.
The literary meri...
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In the essay below, Wilkins argues for a reinterpretation of the tavern scenes in Jeu de Saint Nicolas.
It might well be imagined that by now the topic of Bodel's tavern reckonings had been ...
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In the essay below, Robertson refutes earlier interpretations of Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas, contending that the focus of the play is its comic scenes, not religion or the crusades.
This paper will pr...
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In the essay below, Schroeder contends that the prologue of Jeu de Saint Nicolas serves to heighten the humor of the play.
A recent article on Jean Bodel's Jeu de saint Nicolas1 suggests tha...
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In the following essay, Lemke argues that Bodel created the role of the angel to facilitate the shift between humorous and religious scenes in Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas.
The majority of critics eithe...
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In the following essay, Hunt reevaluates Bodel's intent in writing Jeu de Saint Nicolas.
Whilst the multiformity of Bodel's dramatized miracle has always secured recognition, the idea...
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In the following essay, Horton considers the role of the Emir d'outre l'Arbre Sec in maintaining structural coherence in Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas.
Because of a rubricator's erro...
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Critical Essay by Grace Frank
