Critics have long seen Renaut's Galeran de Bretagne and Jean Renart's L'Escoufle as exemplary illustrations of the "realistic" current of the XIIIth Century, that is, literary works in which the descriptions of customs and everyday life are more important than the story itself. However, by an attentive study of the two texts, it is possible to establish their literary originality and complexity. Both works develop an idyllic theme - the troubled love of young children raised together - through a representation of the couple that renews the traditional conception of courtly love. French text.