Q1: Lesson 2 | Middle English Period Flashcards

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He is an English writer, the author of Le Morte d’Arthur

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Thomas Malory

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It is the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources

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Morte d’Arthur

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A romance-epic set in the mythic England of King Arthur

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The death of Arthur

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The greatest writer of the Middle Ages. The outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language”.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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It is a collection of brief narratives written in poetry and cleverly arranged in a framework.

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The Canterbury Tales

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Is a poem that tells a story

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Ballad

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The dramatic subject of a ballad

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  • Drama
  • Love
  • Death
  • Supernatural
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