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THE MEDIEVAL NARRATIVE POEM
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS
description of characters
use of a narrator
setting in time and place
PURPOSE
INSTRUCT
MORALITY
taught in the EXEMPLA, in the form of parables and fables. The moral teaching could be drawn both from real events and fantasti situations.
ENTERTAIN
OTHER NARRATIVE GENRES
ROMANCE
, ehich explored the the concepts of love and war in a court situation
FABLIAU
, whose subjects were often anti-clerical and full of humorous remarks about sex
tells a story in
VERSE
in the
FIRST PERSON
NARRATION
provided an insight into individual characters as regards their lifestyles
showed links with the moral views of the time as well as with the changing social structure
EXAMPLE
Geoffrey Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales
long poem
framed by a general prologue
each tale has meaning in relation to the character of its teller and to the other characters in the poem
marked a shift to a lay outlook
which