Lit unit 2 test Flashcards
Thomas Mallory
produced the finest example of Middle English prose narrative and inaugurated a tradition of english prose
man of strange condtradictions
Thomas Mallory
originated from the exploits of a celtic chief during 5th century
Morte d’ Arthur
political significance pf Morte d’ Arthur
the tudor dynasty claimed descent from the king arthur
responsible for naming Mallory’s famous work Motre d; arthur
William Caxton
How Gareth serve as embodiment of chivalry
went and helped the damsel, defeated the knights, helped the damsel even though she treated him badly
most significant battle in English history
1066, william defeated harold at hastings
Hundred years war
two english military innovations
long bow gun powder
The wars of the roses
Ended with the battle of bosworth field
brought an end both to civil hostilities and the english middle ages
the ascension of Henry VII
Feudalism:
a olitical arrangemnt based on a scsle of priveleges and responsibilites
instituted by willam of normndy
feudalism
three estates:
nobility, commoners, clergy
the serfs gained
protection, justice, land
development of english law
right of trial by jury of peers and traveling court system (magna Carta)
cannon law
law of the church
John Wycliffe
The Morning Star of the reformation
known for first complete english translation of the scriptures
John Wycliffe
believd that the pope was not infallible
John Wycliffe
The ballad
a concise narrative poem intended to be sung
the romance
a long, narrative poem
ballads were published in
18th century
expressed the veiw point of the common folk
ballads
most ballads deal with some kind of
injustice
sir patrick spens
shifts scenes seversl times to move the plot quickly
The wife of ushers well
the dramatic irony is the wifes thinking her sons are well when they are actually ghosts
Get up and bar the door
the wife wins the argument and reacts gleefully
chief poet of his age
Geoffrey Chaucer
Wrote the canterbury tales
Geoffrey chaucer
Satire
lituratuere that attacks human vice or folley with dersion, irony, or wit
social satire
a cross section of society represented
illistrate social change that chaucer dislikes
the pilgrims
beast fable
a moral tale where animals act the parts of human beings.
developed as a formal genre of liturature in the second century
mock epic
treats trivial subject in heroic terms
embellishments
formal distriptions, allusions, speculations, extended comparisons, and digressive anecdotes suspend the action and burden and slow down the plot
main characters of the nins preist tale
chanticleer
dame partlette
don russell
