Lecture 3 Literature in the 14-15 th centuries
LITERATURE OF THE 15th CENTURY
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LITERATURE OF THE 15th CENTURY
Chaucer as a poet is so good that he makes the fifteenth century appear dull. His death was a great blow to English poetry. Almost two centuries passed before a poet equal to him was born. But folk poetry flourished in England and Scotland in the 15th century. The most interesting examples of folk poetry were ballads. Ballads and songs expressed the sentiments and thoughts of people. They were handed down orally from generation to generation. The art of printing did not stop the creation of folk-songs and ballads. They were still composed at the dawn of the 18lh century. The original authors of ballads are unknown; in fact, a given ballad may exist in several versions, because many different people told and revised the ballad as it travelled from village to village. But when a version seemed just right, its teller would be urged to recite the story again and again without changing a thing. Below you'll read some stanzas that represent the style of folk ballads. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL There lived a wife at Usher's Well, and a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, and sent them o'er the sea. They hadna' been a week from her, A week but barely aneJ, 1 stout: brave fxmip 2 ane: one fiiip When word came to the carlin 3 wife That her three sons were gane 4. They hadna' been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. I wish the "wind may never cease. Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood." Download 457.2 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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