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1、TheNormanPeriod(1066-1350)SirGawainandtheGreenKnightWhatarethefeaturesofChinesecultureatthattime?HistoricalBackground1066:KingHarold---DukeWilliamofNormandy.HistoricalBackgroundThedevelopmentoffeudalismKnight:itoriginallymeantnomorethanahouseholdservant,livingi
2、nthelord’shallandtoservehiminwar,andwhennecessary,tofightfortheking.Later,thegreatbaronsgavelandtoknightsonconditionthattheyshouldbereadytofightwhencalledupon.HistoricalBackgroundChurches:politicalpower&religiousauthorityConflicts:serfsandthepeasantsagainstfeud
3、allordsLanguages:Latin,FrenchandEnglishReligiousLiteratureEmphasis:themoralandspiritualresponsibilitiesoftheindividualThemes:homileticparaphrasesoftheGospels;re-iterationoftheChristiandoctrineoftheterrorsoftheLastJudgement;lyricsfortheChristortheVirginMary.Roma
4、nceDefinition:Ataleinverse,embodyingthelifeandadventuresofknights,reflectingthespiritofchivalry,i.e,thequalityandidealofknightconduct.Contents:lovechivalryreligionReview:CharacteristicsoftheEpicPoem1.Anepicpoemisalong,highly-stylizednarrativepoem…2.thatrecounts
5、theexploitsofitsmaincharacter–theepichero.3.Becausemostepicpoetryoriginatedassungorspokenverse,itisrigidlymeteredandrhymed.Categories:ThematterofFrance:CharlemagnetheGreatandRoland,ChansondeRoland.ThematterofRome:AlexandertheGreatandthesiegeofTroy.ThematterofBr
6、itain:Arthurianlegends,SirGawain,Launcelot,Merlin,thequestfortheHolyGrail,thedeathofKingArthur.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightTasksforstudentsTellthestoryofSirGawainandtheGreenKnightinyourownwords.Hints…authorisanonymouswrittenc.1400inMiddleEnglishWritteninlongallit
7、erativelineswiththerhymeschemeofababa,in101stanzasimportantinliteraturebecauseitrepresentsallofthefollowingsignificantpoeticgenres:Arthurianromancepoetry/courtlylovepoetrymedievalalliterativepoetryepicpoetryMajorCharactersSirGawainThestory’sprotagonist.Aloyalkn
8、ighttoKingArthur,aswellashisnephew.GawaingoesonhisquesttomeettheGreenKnightinordertoupholdhisknightlyvalues.TheGreenKnightSirGawain’smainoppositioninthestory.Heisarichlydeco
