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Genres Flashcards

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Genre of Knight’s Tale

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Romance
courtly in love, exotic setting, uses formal language, characters not developed, characters involved in adventures, divine intervention

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Genre of Wife of Bath’s Tale

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Breton Lais

Celtic in origin, must include magic/fairies, folklore, courtly love

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Genre of Pardoner’s Tale

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Exemplum

A sermon that illustrates a known moral lesson

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Genre of Miller’s Tale

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Fabliaux
adultery, cheating, street smarts, no divine intervention, common people with dynamic personalities, focus on characters rather than plot, common language, ordinary settings, politically incorrect

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Genre of Nun’s Priest’s Tale

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Mock-Heroic

Making fun of court life, making fun of issues about dreams, whether man controls life by fate or free will

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