British Lit.

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Most important event of the Middle Ages

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Translation of the Bible

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The medieval church had 2 main forms for power

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excommunication and interdict

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Henry II clashed w/ this person

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Thomas Becket

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Henry is reported to have said this in the company of sine if his noblemen

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"Can no on rid me of this troublesome priest?"

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In 1215, this was drafted by his barons and forcible signed by King John limiting the rights of Kings. Ended the "Divine Right of Kings"

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Magna Carta

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English lit. after the Norman invasion was brought down from the aristocracy (who now wrote in French) to what level?

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Popular

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English folk motif examples:

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Robin Hood and Aurthur

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Elements of romance:

-tale of adventure celebrating ___ _____ ___ _____ __ _ ____

-included the ____________

-often ________ ____

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-the deeds and manner of a hero

-supernatural

-romantic love

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A short narrative poem intended to be ____

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Sung

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Utilizing a simple _____ ____

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Verse form

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Characteristic short peom was the ballad:

-a short narrative poem intended to be ____

-Utilizing a simple _____ ____

-not a lot of ________

-Uses ______________

-certain devices of ___________

-allegory: a story w/ 2 or more __________ ______ __ _______

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-sung

-verse form

-narration

-understatement

-repetition

-co-related levels of meaning

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Literature that applies moral standards to social realities and often uses ridicule to intensify its attack on these realities and the result is:

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Social satire

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English narrative poetry was concerned w/ 2 serious human issues:

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How to get to heaven and how to make life bearable - even worth while

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Saw the rise of native drama

-from _____ _______ and ___ _______

-formed the foundation of the great drama of __________ time

-performed on ________ ______ which were called _______

-________ ____________ with the audience - actors might speak directly to or go into the audience

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-church liturgy and full pagency

-Shakespeare

-portable stages - pagents

-intimate relationship

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Who was Geoffrey Chaucer a contemporary and likely an acquaintance of?

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John Wiclif

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What did Chaucer believed in the importance of?

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vernacular (common language)

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Where is Chaucer buried?

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Poets corner at West Minister Abbey

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A group of tales unified by a central situation:

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frame tale

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"She was not undergrown, as all could see"

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dramatic understatement

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"I told him his opinion made me glad"

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mock praise

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(The contrast btw/ appearance & reality) ("None was so busy as he was with case and cause/And yet he seemed much busier than he was"

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situational irony

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A moral tale in which animals act the parts of humans:

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beast fable

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Treats a trivial subject in heroic terms:

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mock epic

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How was the pilgrimage setting favorable to social satire?

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normally you wouldn't have all these different types of people in a normal pilgramige

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Sir Thomas Mallory wrote the legends of ______ and made them into a single story with deep moral significance.

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Aurthur

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What two things prove Beaumains worthiness - morally and socially?

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(1) humility (2) he went on the quest

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The popular ballad is a _____ _________ ____ ____ which tells of a single (usually tragic) event in a objective, detached, and unbiased manner. Characteristically concerned w/ some kind of injustice - _________, ________, or ________.

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-short narrative folk song

-political, romantic, and domestic

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The story of what famous character was told in the ballads?

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Robin Hood

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abrupt beginning, sudden shifts of speaker and scene:

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dramatic

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understatement:

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ironic

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(The contrast btw/ appearance & reality) ("None was so busy as he was with case and cause/And yet he seemed much busier than he was"

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situational irony

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A moral tale in which animals act the parts of humans:

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beast fable

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Treats a trivial subject in heroic terms:

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mock epic

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How was the pilgrimage setting favorable to social satire?

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normally you wouldn't have all these different types of people in a normal pilgramige

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Sir Thomas Mallory wrote the legends of ______ and made them into a single story with deep moral significance.

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Aurthur

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What two things prove Beaumains worthiness - morally and socially?

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(1) humility (2) he went on the quest

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The popular ballad is a _____ _________ ____ ____ which tells of a single (usually tragic) event in a objective, detached, and unbiased manner. Characteristically concerned w/ some kind of injustice - _________, ________, or ________.

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-short narrative folk song

-political, romantic, and domestic

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The story of what famous character was told in the ballads?

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Robin Hood

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abrupt beginning, sudden shifts of speaker and scene:

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dramatic

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understatement:

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ironic

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because of not giving lots of details:

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mysterious

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uses __________ w/ variation

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repetition

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This is a popular art form which originated in medieval France:

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carol

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What is a famous example of a Morality play?

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Everyman

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A character who contrast w/ the main character and thereby shows the main characters strength and weaknesses.

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Foil