Two additions to this section reflect recent innovations in critical scholarship that have some bearing on our current understanding of philology, although neither can be said to have had a great impact on Chrétien scholarship. Dc reveals a marked increase in the publication of selected articles by prominent scholars. They bring to a potentially larger public articles sometimes out of print or in publications that are not available everywhere, and that the author him- or herself or the editor of the volume deems significant. Those including more than one or two Chrétien articles are listed here; others are identified under their first date and place of publication. These publications also provide an overview of a given scholar's career, allowing the reader to assess its impact on and contribution to understanding our author. The student can also consult the colloquia some of these scholars have organized by referring to the Abbreviations and the Name Index.

The publication of Dd2 in 1990 proclaims a ‘new’ philology. Although its authors do not constitute a school or movement or propose a unified programme, and although publications deriving from it in this section do not emphasize Chrétien de Troyes – those that do are noted in the appropriate sub-sections elsewhere – the aggressively critical gauntlet thrown down by the Dd2 authors to traditional scholarship as they describe it has not gone unanswered. It therefore seems appropriate to record here the major publications elicited by or parallel to Dd2 so that the student can evaluate the diverse, sometimes emotional reactions for and against the ‘new’ philology, and assess their relevance to study of Chrétien's romances and other writings.