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Final Exam Flashcards

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During what years did Chaucer live?

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  • From 1340 to 1400
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When did Chaucer write the “Canterbury Tales?”

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  • 1386
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What is the genre of the Prioress’ tale?

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  • Miracle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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  • Anti-semitism
  • Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • *Boy gets throat slit, but continues to sing
  • Singing
  • Pearl/Grain
  • Blood-libel: myth that blood was used in the communion bread
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List some of the topics found in the Prioress’ tale.

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  • Narrator: Prioress
  • Mother
  • Child
  • Priest
  • Mayor (guilty of usury)
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Who are the possible speakers in the Prioress’ tale?

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What is the genre of Sir Thopas’ tale?

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  • Romance
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  • Elf Queen
  • Stature/ description of Chaucer the Pilgrim
  • Fantasy
  • *Intends to draw a parallel between Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary and fantasies like the Elf Queen
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List some of the topics found in Sir Thopas’ tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in Sir Thopas’ tale?

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  • Sir Thopas
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What is the genre of Melibee’s tale?

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  • Moral Prose Treatise
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  • Removal of senses
  • Revenge
  • Advice
  • Forgiveness
  • Authority
  • *This comes from spiritual and secular world
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List some of the topics found in Melibee’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in Melibee’s tale?

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  • Melibee
  • Prudence
  • Sophie
  • *Her disappearance signals the disappearance of wisdom.
  • Advisors
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What is the genre of the Monk’s tale?

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  • Exemplum Collection
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  • Wheel of fortune
  • Boccaccio’s “Decasibus Variorum Illustration”
  • *Tales of the fortune of famous men
  • *Reminds them of their mortality
  • *Reminds them that their fortune can turn
  • “Mirror or Princes”
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List some of the topics found in the Monk’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in the Monk’s tale?

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  • Monk
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What is the genre of the Nun’s Priest’s tale?

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  • Fable
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  • Dreams
  • Male Authority
  • Pride
  • Moralizing
  • Wheat/chaff metaphor
  • *Trying to get the truth from the fable
  • Lack of other male characters
  • Cicero’s definition of “fable”: Not like the truth, nor resembling the truth
  • Peasant’s revolt
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List some of the topics found in the Nun’s Priest’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in the Nun’s Priest’s tale?

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  • Rooster
  • Hen
  • Fox
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What is the genre of the Second Nun’s tale?

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  • Hagiography
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  • Martyrdom
  • Miracles/the Impossible
  • *Sim. to Prioress’ Tale
  • Cult of Saints
  • *Group of saints that serve as intercessors
  • Cartesian dualism
  • *We’re never sure of what’s real
  • Inversions
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List some of the topics found in the Second Nun’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in the Second Nun’s tale?

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  • St. Cecilia
  • Valerian
  • Almachias
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  • Alchemy
  • Fires/sweating
  • *Contrast with Second Nun’s Tale
  • *They sweat, but St. Cecilia did not
  • *Also note that in the prologue, the horses ride up half-dead, and sweating
  • Good works to gain salvation
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List some of the topics found in the Canon Yeoman’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in the Canon Yeoman’s tale?

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  • Yeoman
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What is the genre of the Manciple’s tale?

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  • Myth of Origin

* *Why the crow has black feathers

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  • Works this is inspired by:
  • *Ovid’s “Metamorphosis”
  • *“Confesio Amantis”
  • *“Le Livre du Vior Dit”
  • Viciousness of women
  • Language
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List some of the topics found in the Manciple’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in the Manciple’s tale?

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  • Narrator: Manciple
  • Crow
  • Phoebus
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What is the genre of the Parson’s tale?

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  • Penitential Manual
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  • Parts of penance:
    1) Contrition
    2) Confession
    3) Satisfaction
  • Seven deadly sins:
    1) Pride
    2) Envy
    3) Wrath
    4) Lust
    5) Greed
    6) Sloth
    7) Gluttony
  • Fourth Lateran Council
  • *Required confession yearly, and private confession
  • Laity
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List some of the topics found in the Parson’s tale.

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Who are the possible speakers in the Parson’s tale?

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  • Parson
29
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What is Aristotle’s definition of “narrative?”

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  • Beginning, middle, and end
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What is Cicero’s definition of “fable?”

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  • Not equal to, nor almost equal to the truth
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Who is Professor Wear’s favorite saint?

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  • Saint Sebastian
  • *Patron saint of archery
  • *Was killed by arrows

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