orman conquest and main effects
Social conditions in the Feudal England
class division became obvious and calss contradictions were very sharp
black death 1348-1349
Hundred Years' War 1337 - 1453
Romance:It uses narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.it is a popular literary form in the medieval period. Chivalry(such as bravery, honor, generosity, and kindness to the weak and poor) is the spirit of romance
Medieval romances or tales in verse, can be divided into three classes:
Matter of France,
Matter of Greece and Rome
Matter of Britain tales having for their heroes ---Arthur and his knights of the Round Table
Features of Romance
1.??It lacks general resemblance to truth or reality.
2 it contains adventures more or less remote from ordinary life.
3.???It lays emphasis on supreme devotion to a fair lady.
4.??The central character is a knight of noble family described as riding forth to seek adventures, taking part in tournaments, of fighting for his lord in battle. He is. devoted to the Church and the king. (the knight code)
Language style:
simple and very straightforward.
superstition and supernatural elements.
Arthurian legend: it is a group of tales (in several languages ) that developed in the Middle Ages concerning Arthur, semi-historical king of the Britons and his knights. The legend is a complex weaving of ancient Celtic mythology with later traditions around a core of possible historical atuthenticity.
Gawain and the Green Knight is concerned with the rights and wrongs of conduct. It is a series of tests on faith, courage, purity and human weakness for self-preservation. The story presents a profoundly Christian view of man’s personality and his destiny.
Theme of the poem
Gawain is concerned with the rights and wrongs of conduct. It is a series of tests on faith, courage, purity and human weakness for self-preservation. The story presents a profoundly Christian view of man’s personality and his destiny.
Ballad
A ballad is a story in poetic form to be sung or recited. It is a story told in song usually in 4-lines stanzas, with the second and fourth lines rhymed.
Robin Hood is a famous ballad singing the goods of Robin Hood. Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a 19th century English ballad.
The Robin Hood Ballads
Robin Hood is a legendary hero of a series of English ballads, some of which date from at least the 14th century.
The character of Robin Hood is many-sided. Strong, brave and intelligent, he is at the same time tender-hearted and affectionate.
The dominant key in his character is his hatred fro the cruel oppression and his love for the poor and downtrodden
Another feature of Robin’s view is his reverence for the king. Robin hood was a people’s hero as King Arthur was a noble’s hero.
V Geoffrey?Chaucer(1340 ? ~? 1400)
Chaucer
Chaucer 1 Father of the English poetry And also the founder of modern English. Born of a wine merchant family, with rising fortunes and some standing at the court.
1. introduction of the background: political and social:
2. life experience: In 1366 got married to Philippa a maid of honour to the queen and the sister of, the future wife of John Gaunt, son of the King , the duke of Lancaster, who became his patron.
3. His literary career
First period: the French period (1360s—1372) Works: The Book of the Duchess (1369 —1370) The Romaunt of the Rose
The second period —the period of Italy (1372 —1385) Works: The House of Fame Troylus and Criseyde Legend of Good Women The Parliament of Fowls
The third period: the period of English Works: The Canterbury Tales (1387 —1400) (having details)
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