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• Arthurian Romance: Chiefs of which are Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Lancelot(朗斯洛爵士）：table knight, fought in disguise, recognized. the lady of the Lake, the Queen, return, Arthur’s death, nun, religious man ) Merlin: the magician the Quest of the Holy Grail: the last supper, cross, Joseph, his tomb. pass down. belonged to Christ, magic powers. disappear. appear in the court, search for,found, rise into heaven. 无忧PPT整理发布 the Death of Arthur: nephew, marry Guinevere.
The Anglo-Norman period （1066-1350）
• 1. Background: • 1066, the battle of Hastings, William, Duke of Normandy • effects: • The feudal society (landlords and peasants) • Bringing of Norman civilization • The growth of nationality 无忧PPT整理发布 • The new language and literature
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plot
• Beheading game • The lady in the castle and Sir Gawain
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Lin(节、段）:a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter(韵律） and rhyme.
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theme
• A series of tests on faith and courage, purity and human weakness for self protection.
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Theme
• Gawain is courageous and loyal to his promise and his King. • Gawain was loyal to his faith. • A profound Christian view of man’s character and destiny, before honor and deceit, before his trust in love of God, Gawain has sinned and fallen and become an image of Adam. • (human weakness for self-protection) 无忧PPT整理发布
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight《 高文爵士和绿衣骑士》
Main characters: Sir Gawain: nephew to Arthur, one of the most famous round table Knights the Green Knight King Arthur
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• Romance is distinguished form epic by its concentration on courtly(宫廷的，高贵的） love rather than warlike heroism. The importance of Romance can be seen as a means of showing medieval（中世纪的） aristocratic men and women in relation to their idealized （理想化的）view of the world.
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The genres of Literature
It contains fiction 虚构文学& non-fiction纪实. Fiction: 4 genres (species) ,
novels, short stories, plays & poems.
Non-fiction : essay, which has traditionally been classified into 4 categories: description, narration, exposition & argumentation.
• 2. Literature: • bright, romantic tales of love and adventure. • Romance(传奇文学）: A fictional tale in verse(韵文） or prose, embodying the life and adventures of knights, reflecting the spirit of chivalry(骑士）. • Romance: Any imaginative literature that is set in an idealized world and that deals with heroic adventures and battles between good characters and villains. Originally it tells us love stories of Kings prince and ladies.