While very little is known about their lives, there are many speculations about how the lives of both Homer and Chretien de Troyes may have been. Using their works, and context clues within them, assumptions have been drawn about where, when and how these two may have lived. Homer and de Troyes are speculated to have come from completely different time periods and contain different writing styles, but the mysteries that surround them both are very similar. The lives of these historical authors are two of the greatest literary mysteries in the world. Homer for instance, was said may never have even existed. Some people speculate that he was only a group of people that worked to pass down oral stories told over centuries (insert citation).
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Although both poets lived centuries apart, Chretien de Troyes’s style models after Homer’s tradition to write in great detail along with a captivating tale to excite readers. Focusing on two very different civilizations, both bards focus on a man facing the “usual” struggles during their respective times and the journey they follow. Homer’s poetry focuses more on the aspect of a great leader returning home and dealing with the challenges he continually faces when returning to his wife and son. Odysseus, in his tale:) “We are Achaians coming from Troy, beaten off our true course by winds from every direction across the great gulf of the open sea, making for home, by the wrong way, on the wrong courses. So we have come. So it has pleased Zeus to arrange it.”’ (9.259-262)The quote shows how Odysseus realizes the challenges his men and himself throughout their course back home. Chretien’s Lancelot character is focused on leaving his home and finding adventure elsewhere, a stark difference when comparing some of the most important work from the men. Both authors’ work holds sets of dialogue that continue the theme of long epics depicting intricate and well thought out scenes. Religions from the country of origin from the poets make appearances throughout their writings. While never directly quoted, Chretien states things like “Come, let me know whether thou art a creature of good or not.’ And he replied: `I am a man.” or “I don’t give a fistful of ashes!” Homer continually references Odysseus’s interaction with Zeus and other Greek gods from during that time period. Aside from that, differences do exist in Homer and Chretien’s styles. Back-story is a common technique within Homer’s writing to reveal the story of his characters. Chretien takes a more standard approach by telling his tales from the
Although both poets lived centuries apart, Chretien de Troyes’s style models after Homer’s tradition to write in great detail along with a captivating tale to excite readers. Focusing on two very different civilizations, both bards focus on a man facing the “usual” struggles during their respective times and the journey they follow. Homer’s poetry focuses more on the aspect of a great leader returning home and dealing with the challenges he continually faces when returning to his wife and son. Odysseus, in his tale:) “We are Achaians coming from Troy, beaten off our true course by winds from every direction across the great gulf of the open sea, making for home, by the wrong way, on the wrong courses. So we have come. So it has pleased Zeus to arrange it.”’ (9.259-262)The quote shows how Odysseus realizes the challenges his men and himself throughout their course back home. Chretien’s Lancelot character is focused on leaving his home and finding adventure elsewhere, a stark difference when comparing some of the most important work from the men. Both authors’ work holds sets of dialogue that continue the theme of long epics depicting intricate and well thought out scenes. Religions from the country of origin from the poets make appearances throughout their writings. While never directly quoted, Chretien states things like “Come, let me know whether thou art a creature of good or not.’ And he replied: `I am a man.” or “I don’t give a fistful of ashes!” Homer continually references Odysseus’s interaction with Zeus and other Greek gods from during that time period. Aside from that, differences do exist in Homer and Chretien’s styles. Back-story is a common technique within Homer’s writing to reveal the story of his characters. Chretien takes a more standard approach by telling his tales from the