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"The Faerie Queene" Edmund Spenser - Coggle Diagram
"The Faerie Queene" Edmund Spenser
Epic
long narrative poem
narrate: story-telling
main story---sub-plots/stories
diversions in the form of sub-plots. At times, these do not have a role to play in the dev of the main plot
Digressions
figures of speech
extended similes
Epic Similes
heroic in nature
style---dignified, grand
language---verbose, flowery, decorated/embellished---
success or failure of hero determines the fate of the nation
variety of characters
vast geographical area---setting
Invocation to the Muse
An address to a deity or muse that often takes the form of a request for help in composing the poem at hand
A prayer. A request.
vast action---
Plot---major and minor plots
supernatural characters
start in the middle of an action---
in medias res
in medias res
story will be related in flashbacks
didactic---romantic (adventure)
journey
indirect teaching/learning
far-away land---fairy tale like feel
story---moral lessons
1590-1596 (16 C)
political, religious, social and cultural influences
Allegory: Allegory is a narration or description in which events, actions, characters, settings or objects represent specific abstractions or ideas
virtues and vices are represented as people!
Knights and their adventures
celebration of the heroes and their victories
serious issues are discussed
flashback: inserting a scene from the fictional past to the fictional present
not following a proper chronological order---
Spensarian stanza