Entre jeu et nostalgie. Les topoï courtois dans Les Trois Aveugles de Compiègne de Jean Ott

The subject of this paper is an analysis of Jean Ott’s theater play Les Trois Aveugles de Compiègne. In his adaptation of a 13th-century famed “fabliau” Jean Ott (1878–1935), a lesser-known French author, offers its receiver an interesting intertextual play. In a manner that is both parodic and nostalgic he appeals to the courtly topoi, treating it as a signpost that defines the development of action and the semantic scope of his work.