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Discuss whether or not Chaucer's the miller's tale is accurately described as a fabilau.

Date Submitted: 03/07/2004 07:15:37
Category: / Literature
Length: 3 pages (821 words)
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…each of the lines, coupled with the incredibly coarse core running through the whole tale. Made up of sexual innuendos, slapstick comedy and of course the teller of the tale himself. All these things fit the oxford dictionary definition of a fabliau. But this tale is not just a fabliau for the sake of it; it is part of a much bigger patchwork of tales, its purpose to be the complete parody of the knights.
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