Medieval literature

A-2 The black plague spread quickly throughout Europe. In Tuscany the death rate ran high from 60 percent. They had no explanation for the plague and some blamed the Jews. Boccaccio’s Decameron is a collection of stories that represented life during and after the plague. The stories are about a boy and a woman who escaped Florence and moved to the countryside. Boccaccio who had lived through the plague wrote 100 stories about it describing in details what the setting in Florence was like when…

examples of mocking medieval literature. The movie satirized characteristics of medieval literature by retelling a classic tale as a parody. The film mocks everything from chivalry and the knights code of honor to the role of religion in medieval times. The film starts with king Arthur pretending to ride on horseback while his squire clangs two coconuts together to simulate the sound of horse hooves. Their are plenty of examples of where the film makes fun of medieval literature. One of the…

What started as a few infected sailors docking in Italy, resulted in the death of half of Europe's population. The disease started out in Asia and then spread westward with the help of merchants. Many factors allowed for this disease to alter the medieval world, including a lack of medicine and the interconnectedness of the cities in Europe. The Renaissance, a renowned period…

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. "Literature in Ancient Greece." Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition. Facts On File, 2005. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. As for science, literature did not exist as much. According to Adkins “Only a small amount of literature survives, including the names of over 370 playwrights, 44 complete plays, and titles and fragments of more than 1,600 other plays.” Greek literature commenced with poetry and was told as oral epic…

could be related to some traditional medieval techniques as well. Some even argued that Eliot could be considered a medieval modernist due to all of his admiration to the Middle Ages. The best example of this sort of writing would be T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” “The Waste Land” is considered a modernist text but the way that Eliot shows his particular discomfort for modern life by contrasting it with medieval traits is a direct example of one of Eliot’s medieval modernist pieces. Eliot did an…

Literary theory argues that the first literatures are based on epics which act as guidelines for future cultural development and expressions of each civilization’s unique vision of the world. Western literature however, exhibits an array of poems and literary works which together compose the baseline for literary evolution. Among these we count Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the most chivalric romances, set in the Arthurian universe, with a resounding impact on both old and modern…

Over the course of this semester I have read many pieces of literature, and the theme "love" has constantly come up. Inspiring writers both men and women have had their share of expressing their passionate feelings of love throughout history through poetry. Many writers are inspired by experiencing feelings of lust, passion, heartbreak, and lovesick. In Catullus's poems, he expresses his feelings with pure honesty and does not sugarcoat them, in which the book mentions that he "...conveys…

At first glance, the office of Dr. William White Tison Pugh appears to be a normal faculty workplace at UCF. But walk in, look around, sit down and have a conversation with the person behind the desk and one will soon realize this is not a typical office nor an average professor. He pushes his round-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose as he sits behind his desk in room 302 of Colbourn Hall grading a student-written essay. A copy of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” sits to the right…

hope. Reminding those that follow along with his adventure to never give up hope and that you can find courage and strength from all those around you. C.S. Lewis was a Fellow and Tutor and English Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford. He then became a Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University. Lewis wrote many books on literary criticism. He also wrote books about Christianity, his most famous…

What is Gothic Literature? Riding a rollercoaster, hydroplaning on a rainy day, or watching scary movies are all instances where fear arises. Everyone has experienced fear or paranoia at one point or another in their life. Fear is a sensation that can cause anxiety, a sense of unease, agitation, and distress. All people have felt fearful at least once in their lifetime. Although fear is a simple word, it encompasses many different emotions. Fear is a difficult expression to explain, all…