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when were Celts invaded?
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43 BC by Rome
5-6 cent by Germans 8- 10 cent by Vikings |
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anglo saxon culture:
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oral tradition (stories told by scop)
pride in physical strength pagan |
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6th 7th and 8th centuries:
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Pagan culture combines with Continental Christian culture
Monastic culture preserves learning with Alfred the great |
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kenning:
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german anglo saxon compound of name of something
figurative dicription |
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caesura:
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pause in a line of verse
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wyrd:
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fate
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anglo saxon culture:
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warrior culture: valued courage, endurance, loyalty, revenge, action
women valued as peace weavers (created military alliance through marraige) respect for nature superstitious with magic and demons |
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basis for Anglo Saxon common law:
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no codified law; each case based on its merrit and past decisions
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anglo saxon poetry:
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describes current events
heroic code blood vengence a sacred duty tragic themes inevitable doom no romance |
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1066:
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Herald, last anglo saxon king invaded by William of Normandy
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Norman French kings rules for 300 years:
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feudal system
treasury continental xianity paliment |
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after 1066
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rich anglo saxons learn french and change names
got last names based on trade big churches opens universities brings print brings scientific observation monastries becom like cities organized armies and archurers |
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middle english:
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1/2 french, 1/2 germain, lil latin
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French story telling:
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lays (romance)
stereotypes the QUEST very xian woman=cult of virgin mary concept of the knight |
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Black Death
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1348
changed feudal system barter to rent working society peasant revolt CAPITALISM! |
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THe Wanderer
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Anglo Saxon story of man who lost his lord
harsh weather conditions consoles himself with Christianity Xian message to other warriors in Mead Hall: be a wise humble warrior |
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THe Dream of the Rood:
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Anglo Saxon story of cross used for crucifixion
unhappy beginning with happy end cross becomes idolized and converts the dreamer |
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wifes lament
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woman hiding in exhile, thinking of husband who is suffering somewhere as well
Anglo Saxon story of loyalty to kin or husband no christian hope |
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Who is Umphord?
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against Beowulf in beginning
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King Rothguard:
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takes beowulf on as son
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story of Phen:
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in beowulf
about problems for women in anglo saxon time Heldaburg: loyalty to family or kin |
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story of sigmund:
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in Beowulf
icelandic warrior |
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rothguards wife and best friend:
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Wealhtheow and ashir
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setting of beowulf
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island of zealand then Geats in Sweden
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wiglif
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young soldier that stays to fight with beowulf
takes his throne |
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robin hood:
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anglo saxon story of vs french (King John and brother Richard Lionhart)
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Chaucers language:
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middle english
14th cent |
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what did the french add to the Authurian legends?
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adulterly
women sorcerism lancelot |
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Prince Edward III
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caps French Kings that are making english people fight wars and taxing them
English loose in 1362 he addresses parliment in English |
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Chaucers life:
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worked in kings castle; learned how to be aristocrat
marries into royalty; sister becomes lady in waiting after dies in 14th cent son is knighted begins Poets corner and middle class |
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chaucers stories:
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sexual vs morals
human condition individual character development |
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only two people on pilgramages for religious purposes:
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parson (promised to visit sight)
knight (to visit thomas becket (accidently murdered by henrys knightsat church)) |
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Harry (chaucer)
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tavern owner
guide to pilgramage |
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the Knight:
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humble and kind
on journey to thank God for saving his life has a son: squire of knight looking for love brings servant who carries weapons |
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nun (prioress)
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Madam Eglantyne
speaks French wears charm that says 'Love Conquors All' |
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the MOnk:
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does not live by poverty ('fish out of water'
lazy, materialistic, fat |
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the Fryer 'man of God'
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'beggar' for himself only
charges women for confession |
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the Merchant:
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quiet salesman
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sergant at law:
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drunk lawyer
country gentlemen |
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clerk of oxford:
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poor skinny college student that wants to talk about studies
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group of craftsman:
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carpenter, weber, dyer, tapestry, hatmaker
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sailor:
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the Madelon
doesnt take prisoners and has drowned villian not used to horse |
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DR
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astrologer that does not read bible
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wife of bath:
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cothmaker, shop owner
widowed 5 times |
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village parson:
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christlike; good shepard
real religious reasons |
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Parson
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preaches 12 apostles
opposition to secular religion |
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Yomen Farmer
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parsons brother
tithes and tatered clothing |
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Miller
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suspect
everyone afraid of him |
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mancipal:
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buys supplies for lawyers and is more shrewed than them
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reed:
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manager of courtesy estate; rips off boss
bad temper, never taken advantage of used to be a carpenter |
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summoner:
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works for religious courts
serves sommons and rips off prostitutes |
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pardner:
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sells pardons for sins
sells relics |
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miillers tale:
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john (old husband)
absolon: works at church; showy; in love with allison nicolas: college astrologer renting room from carpenter |
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society durin wife of bath:
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catholic rules: St Jerome
common law dominates: virginity has higher status than marraigr massaganistic society bc women are bad in the bible owned property (rule of thumb) |
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W O Baths tale:
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authurian legend of knights quest to find out what women want
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W O baths defense of marraiges:
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jesus turns water into wine at wedding of Pan
no commandment against marraige good sumeraitan had 5 wifes king solomon had many wifes no marraige= no kid= no xians |
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W O Bath husbands
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over sexes and tortures first three old husbands
4th had mistress and killed his first wife 5th made her deaf |
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the Pearl POet
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(contemperary chaucer; closer to Anglo Saxon)
sir Gawane (1375) long discriptions of interior describes natural world many layers of meaning |
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sir Gawane and green knight(1375)
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early authurian legend written during crusades
xian text; teaching text french romance about temptation and honesty and empathy (all men are born with original sin and one single man can bring down an entire society) |
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who is blamed in Gawain?
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morgan lafay (merlins wife)
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gowains pentangle:
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one single man can bring down an entire society and how the society should react
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margery kemp: (1373)
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no one can read or write except preist so xianity turns affective (jesus the man who suffers and dies) through sermons status and stained glass
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famous women christian figures:
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julian or norwhich: looked at jesus as a mother figure
catherine of sienna: stigmata |
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piata:
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xian statue of dead jesus w mary
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how does margery explain the passion of christ?
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thhrough marys pov
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outline of margery kemp:
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affestive
anti authoritarian not a stereotype gets freedom from sex and marraige narrates ligfe story to preist interested in the humanity of jesus |
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15th century:
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england goesinto civil war: house of york and lancaster and there is a decline in literature
church begind to put on plays to teach lower class religon petty schools opened for boys printing press comes to england |
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printing press:
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william caxton discovers in germany and sets up business in West Minister outside of courts
scribes begin to standardize dialects and handwritings |
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normans brought
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x checker, treasury
scribes writing down laws |
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what is one good thing that happened during crusasded with lionhart?
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learned how to make paper out of lien from arabs
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thomas malory and typographer
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moved to west minister w printing press and standardized english and printed books
changed england from a military culture to a literarry culture started translating greek and rome literature |
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thomas malory:
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knight that serves in parliment
keeps changing sides during civil war takes criminal advantage of war only person not pardoned from tudors while on death row he rewrites authurian legends |
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morte darthur:
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recreates idealized mythical past of england
mirrors his life: -mordrid declares war on aurthur -knights dont know whos side to choose (lancelot vs aurthur) -civil meltdown How do u get civilization back? |
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main renessance concern:
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does right or might make right?
what kind og govt is best? |
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loyalty in motre darthur:
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round table doesnt work: culture of male warrioirs loyal to one another
3 knights fail: Kane (claims throne) Lancelot (guenevere and bribing money for war) Bedeveere (agic sword nearly three times) |
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sir galavan
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lancelotds son who gets holy grail
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books of mortre darthur: 5
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Exploits of the boy of authur
Passion of Lancelot and Guenevere Passion of Tristain Quest for sangreal death of author |
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Exploits of the Boy Authur
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Uther Pendragon: magically took on form of different knight and had aurthur
sword in stone sleeps w sister (lafay) and has mordid about original sin |
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quest for sangreal:
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camelot has a bad gov (sir Bore Sir Driskall)
Sir galvan gets holy grail |
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Death of Author:
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end of camelot
sir bedeveere takes authur to lake where he is taken by three women |
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who takes over camelot?
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constintine
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after first book morte dauthur:
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silent reading becomes big
songs become very popular as well as feudal world is dissappearing the church is loosing power and begins putting on plays |
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folk music: discover how to record it
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stereotyped
superstiious about working class attack clery anti authoritarian |
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abstract personifications:
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every person stands for something.
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church plays:
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in large cathedrals
morality and mystery plays (dramatized sermons and old/ new testament) drama is used as instructional method and pagan lit is banned |
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pearl poet vs chaucer
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chaucer only dicribes people and pearl poet discribes interiors
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sir gaiwain
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how to be a man
written during crusades |
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`order of stories:
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wanderer
dream of the rood wifes lament beowulf (1066) Chaucer and Canterbery tales (edward adresses parliment) (black death) -Millers Tale -Wife of Bath The Pearl Poet- Sir Gawin (printing press) Motre Darthur (divided by Caxton) Everyman |
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gawwain vs beowulf
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-both magical text
-knights vs warrior -violence vs sexual tension -pagan vs christain values -pathetic hero vs legendary warrior -heavy vs light, amusing tone -obsession with keeping order within vs protection from outside -both about range for order -both repititious -lurking inside vs outside -both sterotypes, cliches -sad vs happy hopeful ending -beowufl is authority vs chaffing against authrity |
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pentangle (allegory)
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perfect society (everything stands for something; symbolic of an idea)
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