5: English Literature

What are the characteristics of heroic poetry

What was heroic poetry replaced by

What are the characteristics of romance

Explain what courtly love is

What were the knights' obligations

Who divided medieval romance into 3 categories

What were the 3 categories of romance called and what were they about

In which categories do we find /Sir Gawain and the Green Knight/

When and where does the story take place

Who appears when Arthur and his knights are at the table and what does he asks

Who accepts the challenge

What is the Green Knight's pact and what is Sir Gawain's response

One year later...

Why does Sir Gawain accept to stay

What is the deal made between the castle's host and Sir Gawain

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DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

What happens after the battle

What started the Order of the Garter

Why did Sir Gawain get badly wounded

What virtues a knight should have

Which virtues Sir Gawain didn't have

What are the 2 parts of the test Sir Gawain must pass

At that time, what other forms of literature appeared and give their definition

Give examples of names used in allegories

What was Geoffrey Chaucer considered as?

What were the elements of medieval literature that found their peek in Goeffrey Chaucer's work

What did Chaucer bring to Middle English

What languages had he worked with and in which one did he write

What is so special about his burial

What is his most known masterpiece

What is so special about that book

What is it about

What does the owner of the Inn suggests

How many stories did Chaucer write and what happened before he could write all the stories

Why did the pilgrims ask Chaucer to shut up

Who were the pilgrims

Who tells the first story, why and what is it about

Which class do the Merchant and the Miller represent

What does the majority of the pilgrims (Pardoner, Nun) represent

What did Chaucer showed through some of the clerical characters

What does /The Canterbury Tales/ start off with and what is its purpose

From where are taken the tales of Chaucer's pilgrims and do they reflect

What is so special about the Wife of Bath

Which prologue is the longuest in the book

What was she known for and what does it symbolize

How many times was she married and widowed

What characterizes her justification

What does she end up proving

What is her tale about

What is her idea of a proper marriage

What is a pardoner

What impression do we get from Chaucer's description of the Pardoner

What does Chaucer uses to describe the Pardoner and give examples

What is the Pardoner's tale about

How does the Pardoner's tale begin

What do the drunks decide to do after learning the sad news

Who do they encounter and how do they react

What do they ask the man and what does he answer

What do they find at the tree and how do they react

Who is chosen to go to the village and why

While the youngest is at the village, what is happening between the 2 remaining

On the way to the village, what is the youngest thinking about

What happens when the youngest gets to the tree

Why did the drunks die

What was a popular play in the 15th Century

What was it about

What are the 7 deadly Sins