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GENRE Flashcards

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FABLIAUX

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MILLER’S; REEVE’S; SHIPMAN’S; MERCHANT’S; COOK’S; SUMMONER’S; FRIAR’S; MANCIPLE’S; WIFE OF BATH’S PROLOGUE

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ROMANCE

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WIFE OF BATH’S; FRANKLIN’S; CLERK’S; MERCHANT’S; SQUIRE’S; MAN OF LAW’S; TALE OF SIR THOPAS

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SATIRE

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FRIAR’S; CANON YEOMAN’S

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What has the tale of Custance been called, like the later tale of Griselda?

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A secular saint’s life

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Which of the tales are Christian romances?

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Man of Law’s; Clerk’s

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Which tales have the form of literary confession/apologia?

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Wife of Bath’s Prologue; Pardoner’s Prologue; Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue; first part of Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale

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What type of romance is the Wife of Bath’s Tale?

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Arthurian

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EXEMPLUM

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FRIAR’S; CLERK’S; PARDONER’S; MONK’S; MANCIPLE’S

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What extensive body of contemporary literature attacking the Friars do the Summoner’s Tale and Prologue belong to?

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“Anti-Fraternal” texts

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What work can also be classified as an “Anti-Fraternal” text?

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La Roman de la Rose

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What does the “gift” that Thomas gives the friar in The Summoner’s Tale classify it with?

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Other medieval jests and fabliaux involving a satiric legacy

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Why is The Merchant’s an unusual type of fabliaux?

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It is cast in high style

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Which are the chivalric romances?

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Knight’s; Squire’s

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What makes the chivalric romance different from other types?

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Its fantastical variety

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What type of romance is Sir Thopas?

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An old-fashioned minstrel romance

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Which tale is a BRETON LAY?

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Franklin’s

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What sort of tale is The Physician’s?

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Another of Chaucer’s tales of domestic pathos

18
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Which are the moral tales?

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Physician’s; Knight’s; Parson’s

19
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What does The Pardoner’s Tale have some characteristics of?

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A sermon

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What is The Prioress’s Tale?

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A “MIRACLE OF THE VIRGIN”, a very popular genre of devotional literature

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What are the “miracle of the Virgin” stories like?

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Short, often like children’s fairy tales, with the figure of the Jew playing the “boogie man”, from whom the Virgin protects the heroes and heroines

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What type of romance is Sir Thopas?

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English- popular minstrel

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What characterises the minstrel romances?

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Relatively brief narratives; designed for oral delivery; frequent direct addresses to the audience; calls for attention at the fit divisions; rough verse; lang characterised by a heavy use of formulas; emphasis on adventurous action rather than refined emotion

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What theme is The Monk’s Tale based around?

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Tragedy

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What is the difference between Aristotelian and medieval tragedy?

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Aristotelian- tragedy as a product of some tragic flaw in protagonist’s character; medieval- protagonist is victim rather than hero, raised up and then cast down by workings of Fortune

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Which genres does The Nun’s Priest’s belong to?

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Beast fable; mock-heroic tragedy

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What genre is The Second Nun’s?

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Hagiography- most popular genre of medieval devotional literature

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What is the genre of hagiography often said to resemble (although not in THE LIFE OF SAINT CECILIA)?

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Romance

29
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Which tales are occupational/professional satires?

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Friar’s; Summoner’s; Canon’s Yeoman’s

30
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What genre can The Manciple’s be viewed as?

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Etiological myth

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What type of literature is The Parson’s Tale?

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Tract on penance- a common form of didactic literature

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What does the account of the Deadly Sins in The Parson’s Tale have an air of?

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Estates Satire

33
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Which text is structured as an Estates Satire as an account of the Seven Deadly Sins?

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John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis”

34
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What is Chaucer’s retraction in the tradition of?

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The medieval “palinode”

35
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What is the Estates Satire rather than a genre?

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A mode

36
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What does the somewhat processional nature of the General Prologue make it comparable to?

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“Dance of Death”

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What do the opening lines of the General Prologue constitute?

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Learned version of the “reverdi”, a common form of simple French lyric celebrating the return of spring after the harshness of winter

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What sets The Knight’s apart from most popular English romances at the time?

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its high style; learned astrological references; heavy infusion of philosophical, mainly Boethian themes

39
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What is the exchange of feelings that Aleyn and Malyne in The Reeve’s called?

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Satiric aubade

40
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Why is the aubade in The Reeve’s satirical?

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Chaucer brings the high, courtly style of this love poem down to the level of the fabliaux

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