WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT YOU THE MALE FIGURES IN THE LITERARY TEXTS WE HAVE STUDIED SO FAR

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WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT YOU THE MALE FIGURES
IN THE LITERARY TEXTS WE HAVE STUDIED SO FAR
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THE TEXTS WE HAVE CHOSEN

• BEOWULF, an epic poem
• LORD RANDAL, a ballad
• THE KNIGHT, from a narrative poem
• SONNET XVIII, a sonnet

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BEOWULF
Figure described
a WARRIOR
an IDEALISTIC man conveyed in a REALISTIC way
Hes CREDIBLE
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CHARACTERIZATION

• moral values courage, honour, loyalty,
  solidarity, mighty, strenght
• social class vassal
  high-born
• point of view well-considered? good
  reputation of the society
  

Authority, leader, navigator

• rule in the society

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AUTHORS OPINION
it agrees with PEOPLEs opinion
Beowulf a perfect warrior a HERO
Name Beowulf
Positive qualities and superlatives
Verbs expressing he was authoritative
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USE OF LANGUAGE
Positive semantic field
simple- common language (Anglo-Saxon)
Nouns belonging to the semantic field of the war
Beowulf is EXALTED
To be FIXED in listeners mind
REALISM
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Old English period military society?
warriorcentral figure
Beowulf was a warrior
He belonged to the Old English society
He assured his populations survival
Beowulf and all warriors were EXALTED
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LORD RANDAL
HIS FREE TIME

• Figure described A LORD

REALISTIC DESCRIPTION
HIS RICHNESS
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CHARACTERIZATION

• SOCIAL CLASS
• FAMILY
• HOBBIES

a lord
aristocracy
a son
he needs his mothers help
hunting
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USE OF LANGUAGE

• SIMPLE LANGUAGE
• A LOT OF REPETITIONS

addressed to common people
to impress the ballad in listeners minds
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
ballads ? from 12th century
Lord Randal society of ballads
centuries
lords ? feudal system ? from the XI century
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CONCLUSION

• LORD

MAN SOCIALLY POWERFUL
POISONED BY HIS TRUE LOVE
MEN SHOULD KEEP AWAY FROM WOMEN
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THE KNIGHT
Figure described
a KNIGHT
REALISTIC description knights really
existed IDEALISTIC descritpion knights never
had neither only positive qualities nor all
ones
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CHARACTERIZATION

• social class a knight
• battles he fougth in crusades
• places he visited pilgrimages
• all three continents
• the way he dressed simple clothes
• the way he appeared not conceited
• embodiment of the chivalric code
• well-considered?good reputation

Deep Christian beliefs
Umility

• moral values truth, honour, freedom,
  courtesy
• courage, dignity, wisdom,
• clemency

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AUTHORS OPINION
EXALTATION of the knight
A long list of all his battles In Latvia raided
he, and ..in far Granada at the siege was heOf
Algeciras, and in Belmarie.At Ayas was he and at
Satalye
A lot of positive adjectives Truth, honour,
freedom and all courtesy Though so strong and
brave, he was very wise
Superlatives No christened man so oft of his
degree. And therein had he ridden, no man more

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USE OF LANGUAGE
refined language
Readers intellectual men
Exaltation /elevation of the knight ? idealization
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
knights? Norman period (XI- XV centuries)
The knight belonged to the society of the Age of
Chaucer
Age of Chaucer (XIV century)
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CONCLUSION
Main code RELIGIOUS CODE
knights fought against enemies of the Church
They obeyed religious code
Knights were WELL-CONSIDERED
by Christian population
Chaucer exalts the knight
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SONNET XVIII

• Figure described A YOUNG FAIR MAN

IDEALIZED description
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CHARACTERIZATION

• PHYSICAL ASPECT
• MORAL ASPECT

ELEMENTS OF A SUMMER DAY
COMPARISION
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AUTHOR S OPINION

• Shakespeare dedicated the sonnet to a young man

ALL THE SONNET IS AN AUTHORS OPINION
POSITIVE ADJECTIVES
Shakespeare ADMIRES the young mans beauty
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USE OF LANGUAGE

• A RHYME SCHEME
• REPETITION OF THE WORD FAIR

TO IMPRESS SOME WORDS IN PEOPLE S MIND
TO EXPLAIN and to EXALT the young mans beuty
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CONCLUSION
HE COULDNT BE COMPARED WITH NATURE

• FAIR YOUTH

He is BETTER than THE REAL WORLD
AN IDEALIZED FIGURE
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CONCLUSION
Texts from different centuries
Characterizations of different kinds of man
the warrior
the lord
the knight
the loved man
military society
Renaissance society
Norman-French society
feudal society
different kind of man
different kind of society