Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards
in angle saxon tribal social tradition, a relationship of mutual respect and friendship in which tribal leader protected and provided for his followers, who in turn pledge their loyalty and support in battle
comitatus
a long stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a great national or ethic hero of legend
epic
a metaphoric compound of two words, peculiar to germanic oral poetry
kenning
a type of understatement in which something is affirmed by denying its contrary
litotes
fate
wyrd
a stock phrase inserted to describe or rename a particular person or thing that recurs in a poem, generally in an epic. also termed homeric epithet
stock epithet
new grammatically parallel phrases to elaborate on something just stated
variation
unrhymed poetry that uses alliteration to structure its lines
alliterate verse
literature that is instructive
didactic
a record of a places or groups history chronologically by year, listing significant facts and events and often weaving all into an overall narrative
chronical
the authors mental view or outlook that influences his account of a story
perspective
personal preferences or viewpoints that inhibit one from seeing the potential value of others judgments or rendering events or ideas impartially
bias
a person or place or thing within a narrative or poem that means something in addition to itself
symbol
an ostensibly historical story that is popularly believed but that lacks factual evidence
legend
also called romance novel. a romance without the lines and other conventions of poetry but with the usual romance content
prose romance
