References Christakos‚ G.‚ Olea‚ R. A.‚ Serre‚ M. L.‚ Wang‚ L.‚ & Yu‚ H. (2005). Interdisciplinary Public Health Reasoning and Epidemic Modelling: The Case of Black Death. Berlin‚ Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Decameron Web. (n.d.). Retrieved May 25‚ 2016‚ from http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/effects/social.php Foa‚ A. (2000). The Jews of Europe after the black death. Berkeley: University of California Press. Perry‚ M. (1992). Western
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problems about Chaucer’s fabliaux is why he turned to a genre that had‚ in effect‚ been dead for a hundred years. Comic tales were very popular in Chaucer’s time‚ but the more sophisticated were almost always in prose (as in the case of Boccaccio’s Decameron). Chaucer had no models in English‚ and despite the vivid contemporary tone of Chaucer’s fabliaux‚ they are in some ways his most Gallic works. Perhaps Chaucer was attracted to this genre by its most striking characteristic‚ its irreverence. This
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literature appeared in the vernacular. Medieval Europe had varying styles of literature from each country. Beowulf was written at around 850AD and talked about the conflicts of Germanic and Scandinavian groups and the Roman Empire. The Divine Comedy and Decameron
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the Renaissance‚ writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio wrote books in the vernacular. This means the books were written in the language that people spoke on the street. They were written in Italian‚ not Latin. Boccaccio’s book in this style‚ The Decameron‚ became extremely popular. It was the difference between reading a textbook and reading a book for enjoyment. Unfortunately‚ because every book written could be "published" only by means of individuals copying the text with pens‚ one book at a time
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writer‚ Geoffrey Chaucer‚ was working on The Canterbury Tales. This story was a collection of small stories told by the travellers on their journey to the remains of Saint Thomas Becket. Around the same time‚ Giovanni Boccaccio was writing The Decameron‚ which was a collection of small told by nobles to pass the time while trying to hid from the plague. Bother stories have a similar concept‚ but also have completely different styles. Both “The Pardoner’s Tale” and “Federigo’s Falcon” use irony
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See page 131‚ Shakespeare quotation ---promotion of wealth‚ pleasure‚ admiration for human body --- medieval brooding about death and ’other world’ replaced by interest in living for present and future progress of mankind. Literature Boccaccio “Decameron”-tale of 7 women and 3 men on way to escape Black Death. Witty‚ naughty‚ praise of true love‚ wisdom. Began to express the voices of modern society. Considered greatest prose achievement in medieval literature. Petrarch- “Canzoniers” book of lyrical
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Objective 5. Theme * Central purpose / central message of the story 6. Symbol * Items that has a literal meaning in the story but suggests or represent another meaning as well. Federigo’s Falcon * 5th night‚ 9th story * Decameron (100 stories which contained the element of death and hope) * Black plague * Illness‚ rats‚ China (40% died)‚ mutated to Italy because of trade‚ Europe (60% died) * Florence ~ 10 People (6 girls‚ 4 boys) * Migrated for 14 days
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held a series of administrative posts under Edward and Richard II. Visited France and Italy on behalf of the crown during the 1360’s and 1370’s‚ exposing him to the literature of Europe‚ particularly the French Roman de la Rose and Boccaccio’s Decameron. Chaucer’s career illustrates the economic‚ political‚ and social ferment of late 14th century England (landed wealth versus moneyed wealth). Literary Chronology: Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1385) and The Canterbury Tales (c. 1386-1400) II.
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key attributes of an interdependent persona. In Classical Western Literature‚ women discover themselves‚ on various occasions‚ trying to "fit in" to their respective environments. A quintessential example of this‚ infamous Monna Giovanna from "Decameron: Federigo’s Falcon". In "Federigo’s Falcon"‚ Monna finds herself being wooed by the nobleman Federigo. He‚ being bewitched by Cupid’s unapologetic arrow‚ spends
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is circular and the figures seem to be almost three-dimensional. During the late renaissance the painting of non-religious scenes became more popular as humanist ideals began to spread. Amongst many popular literary works of Boccaccio’s “Decameron” was the story of Ghismonda‚ which is what the painting is based on.
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