Lit week 2

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 6

Welcome

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You need your:

Poetry often has rhyme and rhythm.
What 'rhyme' does Beowulf have?

What 'rhythm' does Beowulf have?

Look on page 10. What rhyme do the Canterbury tales have?

What rhythm do the Canterbury Tales have?

Which Tale canNOT be found in the Canterbury Tales?

1. The Knight's Tale
2. The Greengrocer's Tale
3. The Summoner's Tale
4. The Wife of Bath's Tale

Whose grave did the pilgrims want to visit in Canterbury?

The theme of the Pardoner's sermons: The root of all evil is ...

1. sex
2. avarice
3. greed
4. sloth

What do the three rioters find under the tree?

1. The person they were looking for: Death
2. Eight tons of beer
3. A bag with relics
4. Gold coins

What's the name of the author of The Canterbury Tales?

Read page 14

Find out: 

1 What does 'star-crossed lovers' mean?

2 What was the  main difference between the Renaissance  and the Middle Ages?

Answers:

1 Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail are said to be “star-crossed” (frustrated by the stars), because those who believe in astrology claim that the stars control human destiny.

2 Instead of the authority of the church people believed in the authority of the self and were highly interested in art, literature and learning.

Read the questions of assignment 1

The following slides will help you formulate your answers

Sonnets

What do you know about sonnets?

Both:

14 lines of 10 syllables (5 iambs)

Often serves a s a summary

Embracing rhyme     Alternate rhyme

From: "Amoretti"

The sonnet is

1. English because Spencer is Shakespeare's contemporary
2. English, because the rhyme scheme is a version of ABABCDCDEFEFGG
3. Italian because the break (poetic turn) is after line 8
4. Italian, because it consists of 3 quatrains

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Questions

Questions

5-minute break

Take your brochure, p. 14

Read along (fragment 1)

Homework

Learn chapter 2 until p. 17 (intro, sonnets, first passage)

Do assignment 2

'O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?'
What does Juliet mean?