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One question that splits critics is whether the Merchant's tale is a fabliau. [citation needed] Typically a description for a tale of carnal lust and frivolous bed-hopping, some would argue that especially the latter half of the tale, where Damyan and May have sex in the tree with the blind Januarie at the foot of the tree, represents fabliau.
The classic example of a senex amans is Januarie (January) in the "Merchant's Tale" (part of the Canterbury Tales). [1] He is 60 years old (which given the life expectancy was a very advanced age) and he marries a young girl (under 18) named May, who later cuckolds him by entering into a secret relationship with January's squire, Damyan (Damian).
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The Canon's Yeoman's Tale; Chanticleer and the Fox; Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale; Geoffrey Chaucer; Sir Thopas; The Clerk's Tale; Nicholas Colfox; A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales; The Cook's Tale
Pasolini also changed the order of these tales after removing the introduction scenes. In the original version, the tales proceeded as follows: The Miller's Tale > The Reeve's Tale > The Cook's Tale > Sir Thopas > The Wife of Bath's Tale > The Merchant's Tale > The Friar's Tale > The Summoner's Tale > The Pardoner's Tale.
As Dunbar belongs to the latest medieval phase, his work is quite far from that of Chaucer’s. Although Dunbar's The Tretis includes many ironic gestures that recall the Wife of Bath and The Merchant's Tale, he utilizes a much wilder humor than Chaucer. Dunbar is even credited with the first printed use of the word “fuck.”
Mercator, or The Merchant, is a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus. It is based on the Greek play Emporos (the Merchant) by the Greek comedy playwright Philemon .