And then we're gonna have him kind of reach a summit and go on
接著我們將達到這個冒險的頂端 然后繼續
And so he deals a lot here with love
這部分他描述了很多關于愛情的內容
And it's clarified for us, in the very but last 6 lines here
并在最后六行這兒闡明
He wrote for a cultivated and aristocratic society
他是為受過教育的貴族群體寫的
So who's this audience?
那么這些讀者又是誰呢
Now these things were written down and meant to be read
現在這些東西已經寫下來了 而且注定要被讀
But the main mode was not that you would go to your room with a candle and read it
但閱讀的主要方式并不是回到自己的房間 點上一支蠟燭閱讀
But rather would be read aloud in court
而是在院子里面大聲地讀
So they are read for entertainment
所以他們是為娛樂而讀
He wrote for cultivated aristocratic society largely dominated by women just like today
他寫書的對象是由女性主導的受過教育的貴族群體 正如當今社會一樣
Well, the idea of courtly love was festive
典雅愛情的想法是歡樂的
And So I think this gives you some good general comments
我認為這提供給你們一些好的總評
With regard to the introduction and here I wanna point out a couple of things
關于介紹我想說幾點
If you did kind of glance through the early material,
如果你們看過早期的書
they just tell you on the note of the author and translator about 4 or 5 pages in
前面大約4到5頁的內容 在作者和翻譯序中寫道
That Chrétien de Troyes commonly regarded as the father of Arthurian Romance, and the key figure in western literature,
克雷蒂安·德·特羅亞被廣泛認為是亞瑟王傳奇故事的鼻祖
composed of French in latter part of the 12th century
同時也是十二世紀晚期法國組成的西方文學的關鍵人物
virtually nothing is known of his life
事實上他們對他的生活一無所知
They talk about some of the works he wrote there
只是談論了他的一些作品而已