À propos des motifs rhétoriques dans quelques chansons tardives

While the later chansons de geste (songs of heroic deeds) were familiar with traditional rhetorical motifs, they gave these motifs a wide variety of treatments, be it in the context of their use, their scope, and their expression, which was generally not very formulaic. New variants were developed; some stereotypes spread, often in isolation, and were not integrated into a structured series. Each chanson used the motifs in ways and under conditions that were uniquely its own.