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Title: The Medieval Period


1
The Medieval Period
  • Middle Ages
  • 1066 (Battle of Hastings)-1485 (Battle of
    Bosworth)

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1066William, Duke of Normandy, conquered
England
  • FEUDALISM-class system where wealth and status
    were based on land
  • KINGS-?Barons-?knights---------?serfs (conquered
    Anglo-Saxons)

3
1215-Magna Carta
  • Limited royal authority
  • Growth of powergrowth of TRADE
  • Growth of townsdecline of feudalism
  • Population growthBlack Plague

4
Hundred Years War1337-France vs. England
  • Ended in 1485 (Battle of Bosworth)
  • This marked the end of the Middle Ages

5
Language
  • 3 languages spoken during Middle Ages
  • French (Norman rulers)
  • Latin (clergy)
  • Evolving English (commoners)-known as Middle
    English

6
Medieval Literature
  • Romancean imaginative tale of adventure
  • Knights
  • Idealized heroes
  • Love
  • Faraway settings and elements of fantasy
    (castles, magic spells)
  • Escapism

7
Code of Chivalry
  • Set of rules for gentlemanly and heroic behavior
  • Faith, modesty, loyalty, courtesy, bravery, honor
  • Protection of ladies
  • Holy quests (Crusades)

8
Literary Elements and Literary Devices
  • Alliteration
  • Bob and Wheel
  • Simile
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Symbolism
  • Theme

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Simile
  • A comparison of two unlike things in which a word
    of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., The ant
    scurried as fast as a cheetah.)
  • Examples
  • from SGGK pgs. 210, 213, 216
  • Also review pg. 216 lines 198-200 and pg. 220
    lines 354-357

10
Alliteration
  • The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring
    words.  (Remember back to Beowulf)
  • REVIVAL! Review study guide(blue handout) letter
    D
  • Examples from SGGK pgs. 210, 213,215

11
Bob and Wheel
  • Associated with alliterative poetry like SGGK
  • 5 lines rhyming ABABA pattern
  • The bob serves as a bridge between the
    alliteration and the rhyming pattern
  • The bob is the first line of the rhyming lines
    (2-3 syllables long)
  • The wheel is the quatrain (4 lines long)

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Bob and Wheel
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Hyperbole and Imagery
  • Hyperbole An exaggeration or overstatement
    (e.g., I had to wait forever.)  
  • Examples from SGGK pg. 210, 220
  • Imagery Descriptive or figurative language in a
    literary work the use of language to create
    sensory impressions. 
  • Examples from SGGK pg. 213,215,216  

14
Color Symbolism(natural and liturgical)
  • A device in literature where an object represents
    an idea.
  • green and gold Green Knight (wild nature, Celtic
    otherworld nobility), lace and girdle
  • red and gold Gawain (love, service nobility)
  • blue Mary, Gawain's chamber robe (loyalty,
    truth, honor, chastity)

15
Theme
  • A topic of discussion or work a major idea broad
    enough to cover the entire scope of a literary
    work. A theme may be stated or implied. Clues to
    the theme may be found in the prominent and/or
    reoccurring ideas in a work.
  • Very Christian text within a very pagan story
    line (examples see study guide section IV)
  • Civilized and uncivilized behavior demonstrated
    by the Green Knight and even by Gawain.

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  • Arthurian tale with little warfare battle is
    individual and secretive. The real test of Sir
    Gawain takes place in the bedroom and not on the
    battlefield.
  • Gawain beats the Green Knight but falls victim to
    the Lady, who manages to make him break his
    loyalty.
  • In the encounter the knight's and lady's roles
    are reversed she's the aggressor, he the
    fortress.
  • Chivalric behavior proves to be a double-edged
    sword for the shield used by Gawain and the lady.
  • The ideal/flawed Arthurian society reflected in
    its ideal/flawed knight.
  • The results comic (court's judgment), tragic
    (Gawain's judgment), mixed (ours?) noble
    striving, noble failure.
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