Lecture 3 Literature in the 14-15 th centuries
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Lecture 3
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- Death of Roland
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NOTES: Fiction – (бадиий наср) a type of literature drawn from the imagination of the author that tells about imaginary people and happenings. Novels and short stories are fiction. Fabliau Bestiary and Beast A bestiary or Bestiarum vocabulum is a compendium of beasts. Bestiaries were illustrated volumes that described various real or imaginary animals, birds and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson. A beast fable is a short tale with an explicit moral, often stated at the end as a maxim. Characters in beast fables are personified animals Death of Roland The Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland) is an epic French poem that tells the heroic adventures of the knight Roland. On his return from fighting the Saracens Fable (масал) - a short simple story, frequеntly told about animals, and always embodying a moral truth. Fabliau (фаблио) - a sort of versified story popular in the Middle Ages, marked by wit, coarseness and brevity. • Originally a French form • A comic, bawdy tale with a plot that usually involves a cuckolded husband • Characters include peasants, tradesmen, greedy clergy, restless young wives, and young scholars • The plots are realistically motivated tricks and ruses. • The fabliaux thus present a lively image of everyday life among the middle and lower classes. in Spain, Roland is killed in battle. The epic was probably written in the 12th century. This illuminated manuscript from the 14th century is in the Marciana Library in Venice, Italy. Questions and Tasks 1. How was the protest against Catholic Church and the growth of national feeling reflected in English literature? 2. What do you know about William Langland's best poem? 3. How many periods can be distinguished in Geoffrey Chaucer's literary work? 4. Why is Chaucer's famous "The Canterbury Tales" still of great value to the world literature? 5. In what do you see Chaucer's contribution to literature? 6. What is English literature of the 15'" century characterized by? 7. What groups of English ballads do you know? 8. What group do Robin Hood ballads belong to? 9. What features of Robin Hood's character attracted people most of all? 10. How and when did Middle English evolve? 11. What is known about the life of Chaucer? Why was he so well aware about the life of different layers of the society? 12. What are the three periods of Chaucer’s writings? 13. What’s the plot of «Canterbury Tales»? 14. What stories do the following people tell? The nun The monk The knight The miller The priest The pardoner 15. Why is Chaucer so much appreciated by the English people? What is his contribution to the English language and the English Literature? 16. Why was literature written in various languages in England in the 15 th century? What are some of the major works of that period? 17. Why was folklore developing more rapidly than classic literature? What were the most common genres? 18. What’s the etymology of the word “romance”? Why were romances so popular? What are they about? 19. What’s the difference between the fable and the fabliau? 20. What’s the origin of the word “ballad”? What are medieval English and Scottish ballads characterized by? 21. What’s the plot of the ballads of Robin Hood? Was he an imaginary or real person? 22. What groups are ballads divided into? 23. Why are the origins of most ballads controversial? Why are there many versions of the same ballad? 24. Why was death a common theme of folk songs and ballads? What was the attitude to death? 25. What are the functions of a refrain and a repetition in a ballad? 26. You are sure to have seen some films about Robin Hood in your childhood. What image of the robber did they create: was he a romantic hero or a dangerous criminal? Download 457.2 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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