![]() ![]() Nostalgia is also the longing for a past that never truly existed.Ī) The author often uses a rhetorical device known as "laisses similaires". d) Nostalgia Loss inevitably leads to nostalgia, the grieving over or longing for a past no longer attainable. The narrator foreshadows the loss of human life at the beginning of the epic (Laisse 66), where he states that today the French are to know great pain. There would be no Chanson de Roland without the loss of Roland since the song is a commemoration of Roland and those lost at the battle. Loss causes a nation to unite in mourning and to unite for a common cause. Charlemagne has lost his best vassal, without him the Franks are crippled. L'importance de ce changement reflète un certain désir de refléter un peuple français uni." b) Loss The loss of Roland is a personal as well as a national loss. Caroline Mosser: "La Chanson parle des Sarrasins alors qu'en réalité il s'agissait des Basques. Its premise is simple: Pagans are wrong, Christians are right. This historical battle is romanticised into a major battle between Christians and Muslims. ![]() ![]() the "Other" The song depicts the 778 Battle of Roncevaux Pass. Roland is glorified and praised despite leading thousands to their deaths to achieve national glory for himself. Simon Gaunt: La Chanson de Roland teaches us that "there can be no greater good than to die for France". In order to achieve national glory, Roland must first die for his country. ![]()
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