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LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES - Coggle Diagram
LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS (worship and entertainment; Bible, Latin)
stories from Bible
worship and entertainment
Spoke in Latin
church --> in to cemetery --> in the town
XIII cen.
Mystery plays
popular drama, humor and parody
talk about bible
Miracle plays
talk about lives of saints
Vernacular language
Performed outdoor on pageants (movable stages)
Morality plays
Characters → symbols of vices and virtues
religious allegorical drama
ARTHURIAN ROMANCE
THEMES
Courtly love
Ginevra
Recover of Holy Grail
English → Malory
King Arthur and the knight of the round table ≈ 5th century
French → Style Chrétien de Troyes
BALLAD
ARE
Structure
repetitive
short Stanzas
2/4 lines
Tragic/black humor
Popular tradition
Categories
Outlaw ballads
life of outlaw
Ballads of magic
magic..
Town ballads
situation of citizens
Border ballads
rivaliti engl and scotish
1476 Caxton → 1st printing press in England
Lord Randall
Typical structure: stanza 4 v. / refrain with small changes
Death and betrayal themes
Scottish b. XII-XV cent.
rewritten by Bob Dylan, 1963 Vietnam war - betrayal of a generation