fabliau

/fab-lee-oh; French fa-blee-oh/US // ˈfæb liˌoʊ; French fa bliˈoʊ //UK // (ˈfæblɪˌəʊ, French fɑblijo) //

法利欧,法利奥,法利奥斯,法利奥人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural fab·li·aux [fab-lee-ohz; French fa-blee-oh]. /ˈfæb liˌoʊz; French fa bliˈoʊ/.
- : a short metrical tale, usually ribald and humorous, popular in medieval France.

In the Fabliau de Gautier dAupais there is mention of un vert mantel porprine (a mantle of green crimson).
And it is important to repeat that it connects itself in the general literary survey both with fabliau and with allegory.
This, which is not so much a branch as an independent fabliau, is attributed to Rutebœuf, v. infra.
In the opinion of the best scholars, the earliest surviving fabliau is that of Richeut, which dates from 1159.
It is a mistake to suppose, as is frequently done, that every legend of the middle ages is a fabliau.