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The Magical Number Seven and the Early Romance Poetry
Valenti, Gianluca
2009In Cognitive Philology, 2
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Keywords :
Metrics; Romance Philology
Abstract :
[en] Our capacity to perceive and memorize information is limited to approximately seven (plus or minus two) elements. An element can be defined either as a single bit or as a coherent sequence of organized bits. This article hypothesizes that, even without explicit theorization, such a rule was working on the earliest writers who first handled accentual prosody, i.e. the 12th and 13th century European poets. In their poetry, one can note a general trend to move towards a “seven-unit disposition” of syllables, verses and strophes. Another evidence of my hypothesis is shown by the greater prevalence rate of this disposition in orally-spread poems than in written ones.
Disciplines :
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Valenti, Gianluca ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues et littératures romanes > Littérature française médiévale et littérature occitane
Language :
English
Title :
The Magical Number Seven and the Early Romance Poetry
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Cognitive Philology
eISSN :
2035-391X
Publisher :
Sapienza Università di Roma. Facoltà di Scienze Umanistiche. Dipartimento di Studi Europei, Americani e Interculturali, Rome, Italy
Volume :
2
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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