Unit two
Anglo-Norman Period
1066~1350
1. In the year 1066, the Norman defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of
_____________Hastings______.
The most prevailing kind of literature in feudal England was _the romance__________. It was a long composition , sometimes in _prose _____, some times in _verse _____, describing the life and adventures of _a noble hero______.
2. The most popular theme of English literature in the 11~14th century is
______.
The legend of King Arther and his round table knight
3. William Langland's \of aq dream vision.
4. What is the influence of the Norman Conquest upon English language and literature?
European ideals and customs were introduced into England. Languages mixed.
Literature was varied in interest and extensive in range. Romance.
5. Make comments on the romance \
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English: Sir Gawayn and te Grene Kny?t) is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance. It is one of the
best known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folklore motifs, the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. The Green Knight is interpreted by some as a representation of the Green Man of folklore and by others as an allusion to Christ. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel,[1] it draws on Welsh, Irish, and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition. It is an important poem in the romance genre, which typically involves a hero who goes on a quest which tests his prowess, and it remains popular to this day in modern
English renderings from J. R. R. Tolkien, Simon Armitage, and others, as well as through film and stage adaptations.
It describes how Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, accepts a challenge from a mysterious \Green Knight\strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in ayear and a day. Gawain accepts and beheads him with his blow, at which the Green Knight stands up, picks up his head, and reminds Gawain of the appointed time. In his struggles to keep his bargain, Gawain demonstrates chivalry and loyalty until his honour is called into question by a test involving Lady Bertilak, the lady of the Green Knight's castle.
The poem survives in a single manuscript, the Cotton Nero A.x., which also includes three religious narrative poems: Pearl, Purity and Patience. All are thought to have been written by the same unknown author, dubbed the \Pearl Poet\North West Midland dialect of Middle English.[2][3]
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