Le Conte de Charlemagne de Julius Zeyer
| Title in English | The Story of Charlemagne by Julius Zeyer |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Parenté/s Actes de la XIVe école doctorale |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Middle Ages; epic; Charlemagne; family |
| Description | The Story of Charlemagne forms a very interesting and unique chapter in the Carolingian Epopee by Julius Zeyer, a Czech writer of the second half of the 19 century. It is the first part of a great cycle about Charlemagne; simultaneously, it is also a comprehensive and independent narrative with fairy-tale features. The search for sources of inspiration for this part of Zeyer s works in French literature was a great adventure. Finally, we did manage to reveal the majority of sources that led the Czech author to create a fairy-tale chronicle of the Emperor s family in which an important role is played by women. |