Articles on comedy in Arthurian romance - French, Dutch, Italian, Scottish and English.The texts analyzed underline the wide dissemination of the Arthurian story in medieval and post-medieval Europe, from Scotland to Italy, while the various analyses of the manifestations of comedy refute the notion of romance as ahumourless genre. Indeed, the comic treatment of conventional themes and motifs appears to be not only characteristic of later romance but an essential element of the genre from its beginnings and from its earliest development. Authors of Arthurian romance, from Chrétien de Troyes to Malory, writing in French, Italian, Middle Dutch, and Middle English, and the creators of an Irish prose-tale, all question the fundamental assumptions of romance and romancevalues through the medium of comedy. The theme of comedy in Arthurian romance has been developed from the orignal session at the Arthurian Congress in Toulouse. Contributors: ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FRANK BRANDSMA, CHRISTINE FERLAMPIN-ACHER, LINDA GOWANS, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, MARGOLEIN HOGENBIRK, NORRIS J. LACY, MARILYN LAWRENCE, BENEDICTE MILLAND-BOVE, PETER S. NOBLE, KAREN PRATT, ANGELICA RIEGER, ELIZABETH S. SKLAR, FRANCESCO ZAMBON.

Comedy and Tragedy in Some Arthurian Recognition Scenes - Elizabeth ArchibaldMerveilleux et comique dans les romans arthuriens français (XIIe-Xve siècles) - Christine Ferlampin-AcherLa bande dessinée virtuelle du lion d'Yvain. Sur le sens de l'humour de Chrétien de Troyes - Angelica RiegerConvention, Comedy and the Form of La Vengeance Raguidel - Norris J. LacyLe Comique dans Les Merveilles de Rigomer et Hunbaut - Peter S NobleHumour in the Roman de Silence - Karen PrattLa pratique de la 'disconvenance' comique dans le Lancelot en prose: les mésaventures amoureuses de Guerrehet - Benedicte Milland-BoveLancelot part 3 - Frank BrandsmaComic Functions of the Parrot as Minstrel in Le Chevalier du Papegau - Marilyn LawrenceDinadan en Italie - Francesco ZambonA Comical Villain. Artur's seneschal in a section of the Middle Dutch Lancelot Compilation - Marjolein HogenbirkMalory and the English Comic Tradition - Donald L Hoffman'Laughyng and Smylyng': Comic Modalities in Malory's Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake - Elizabeth S SklarThe Eachtra an Amadáin Mhóir as a Response to the Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes - L M Gowans