reflected in literature‚ such as the knightly code‚ the romantic interest in women ‚ tenderness and reverence paid to Virgin Mary etc.. The prevailing form of literature in the Feudal England was Romance (传奇，骑士文学). The most famous Romance was Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The second period is the English Renaissance. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of feudal relations and the establishing of the foundations of capitalism. The result is an intellectual movement(思想运动)
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Chaucer’s incredible career reflects the changing social and economic structures of England in the late 1300s. Before the 1300s‚ as I discussed‚ there were basically two classes. There was the Nobility‚ the wealthiest one or two percent of England‚ and there were the Serfs‚ everyone else. As centuries passed‚ families began to pass on skills at trades and crafts they would pass on. By the time of the 12th into the 13th century‚ the products that peasants or serfs were able to make became a commodity
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In the story of “Lanval” by Marie de France‚ the titular knight of King Arthur’s court falls in love with a beautiful‚ otherworldly maiden‚ a maiden who warns Lanval that he must keep their affair a secret if it is to continue. Anytime he wishes to see her‚ he merely needs to think of a pure place and she will join him there. When approached in lust by the Queen and accused of homosexuality‚ Lanval reveals that he is in love with a woman more beautiful than the Queen. By revealing the secret‚ he
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Process of Language Standardization 6. Development ofWiring in the history of the English language The EnglishLiterature 1. Old EnglishLiterature / Epic‚ Lyric‚ Historical works/ 2. Middle EnglishLiterature /G.Chaucer‚ WLangland‚ "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"/ 3. The Main Periods inthe Literary Activity of William Shakespeare 4. The Romantic Subjectin Lord Byron’s Poetry 5. The Victorian Age inEnglish Literature. 6. English Prose of theXXth Century The English
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simple ‘yes’. ‘Why?’ some may ask. That answer is simple as well. The King Arthur Legend is a romance because it is full of noble heroes‚ daring deeds‚ gallant quests‚ extraordinary happenings‚ and far off lands. So‚ is this legend a romance? Sir Gawain‚ according to legend‚ was Arthur’s most loyal knight‚ though he is not always the central hero of his stories. He strove to do what was right and would follow the law implicitly. He was the epitome of morality‚ decency‚ and civility. No other knight
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“IT IS NOT WHAT YOU LOOK AT THAT MATTERS‚ BUT WHAT YOU SEE” - H.D. THOREAU To look is to see and vice-versa! Admittedly to a layman and also in common parlance‚ we use the two interchangeably or synonymously. However‚ there’s a difference between the two if we contemplate it. ‘Visualisation’ is a curious issue having various aspects of interpretation. To look at something and to actually realise your vision is not always possible. There is just too much‚ all around
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Sir Launcelot The Most powerful knight in Camelot Launcelot‚ also called lancelot du Lake or lancelot du Lac was the greatest knight in arthurian Romance. He was in love with Arthur’s queen‚ Guinevere and was the father of the pure knight Galahad. The great knight of camelot’s name first appeared in Chretien de troyes’s 12th century romance of Ere‚ and the author later decided to make him the hero in Le Chevalier de la Charette. It retold a story of Sir launcelot saving her from abduction and then
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intertextual narrative‚ not linear”(Ancevski‚2003). And indeed‚ we can clearly see how Eliot quotes Shakespeare‚ incorporates allusions to myths‚ symbols‚ religion‚ history‚ both past and present he also puts some parts from the alternative poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and many more. Furthermore‚ he uses juxtaposition of scenes and images without any explanation of what they are doing together and there is no author’s voice to tell us where we are. The structure of “The Waste Land” is vastly
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Beowulf‚ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ and Le Morte Darthur‚ in the middle ages or medieval period‚ restrictions placed on women underwent a significant change. At the beginning of this period‚ women’s roles were very narrowly prescribed and women did not have much to do with life outside of the home. As this age went on‚ however‚ women gradually began to express more opinions and have a greater and more equal role in society. Two earlier medieval texts‚ Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green
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His old home at Hobbiton 8. At what university was Tolkien a professor? (A) Oxford (B) Yale (C) Cambridge (D) UCLA 9. What posthumously published book explains the mythology Tolkien created for Middle-Earth? (A) The Lord of the Rings (B) Gawain and the Green Knight (C) The Silmarillion (D) The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe 10. What is the name of the evil wolflike creatures that support the goblins? (A) Morlocks(B) Wargs(C) Nazgul(D) Balfrogs 11. What two shapes can Beorn assume
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