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Slide 1 - Diapositive
A Survey of English Literature
2
Middle English
Slide 2 - Diapositive
Middle English literature
Slide 3 - Carte mentale
The Middle English Period
1066-1485
: (later) Medieval England
The Norman Conquest
Social change: the
feudal system
Linguistic change: a new langauge
A long war in France: the
Hundred Years' War
A bloody war at home: the
Wars of the Roses
1485
: beginning of the
Tudor
Period
Slide 4 - Diapositive
The Norman Conquest
1066: the Battle of Hastings
The Anglo-Saxons (
King Harold
) vs. the Normans (
Duke William of Normandy
)
The Bayeux Tapestry
England becomes
a feudal state
land - church - town
nobles and serfs - clergymen - craftsmen and tradesmen
Slide 5 - Diapositive
The Bayeux Tapestry
Slide 6 - Diapositive
Slide 7 - Vidéo
Middle English (1) - History
1066 - c. 1300:
two languages side by side
Norman French
: language of court, government, the law and trade
Old Englis
h: language of the common people (peasants, townspeople)
the two slowly merge into one language
c.
1300
:
Middle English
c.
1480
: towards (Early)
Modern English
Slide 8 - Diapositive
Middle English (2) - Characteristics
Many regional dialects
A merger of
Old English
and
Norman French
Basic vocabulary
is (Old)
English
> words connected with the body and basic human needs
Many French words imported into the language (language of court, law, government, trade)
simplified grammar
end 15th c. : a
new standard language
emerges: (early) Modern English
Slide 9 - Diapositive
Middle English Literature
Most works of art (including literature) were anymous
One name stands out:
Geoffrey Chaucer
c.
1340 - 1400
the
father
of
English literature
/ the
father
of the
English language
A courtier and a diplomat (foreign travels)
main work:
The Canterbury Tales
Slide 10 - Diapositive
The Canterbury Tales
Frame-story
Group of pilgrims on their way to
Canterbury
> the shrine of the martyr
St. Thomas Becket
A cross-section of medieval English society (nobility, clergy and commoners)
A
panorama of medieval life
Examples of many
medieval literary genres
Remained incomplete at Chaucer's death
Slide 11 - Diapositive
Slide 12 - Diapositive
Medieval Drama
Mainly
religious
in character > gradually more and more
secular
elements are introduced
Slide 13 - Diapositive
Medieval Drama
Mystery plays
cycles of plays based on biblical stories
performed by guilds on waggons (pageants)
meant to be instructive as well as entertaining
Miracle plays
on the lives and deaths of saints
Morality plays
Slide 14 - Diapositive
Morality plays
Characteristics of medieval morality plays
performed by travelling players
allegorical
(no real-life characters, but personified abstractions)
instructive
> teach a
Christian
moral lesson
Slide 15 - Diapositive
Everyman
Most famous example in English:
Everyman
translation of a Dutch original:
Elckerlyc
typicallly Christian moral: man can only be saved by performing good deeds in life
Slide 16 - Diapositive
The Canterbury Tales
link-and-frame story
what does that mean?
Slide 17 - Diapositive
Slide 18 - Vidéo
What is the time span of the Middle English period?
A
1066 - 1340
B
1066 - 1485
C
800 - 1066
D
1340 - 1400
Slide 19 - Quiz
Which language was spoken at court?
A
French
B
English
C
Latin
Slide 20 - Quiz
Geoffrey Chaucer also goes by other names - which?
Slide 21 - Question ouverte
What are the three types of Medieval Drama?
Slide 22 - Question ouverte
Next lesson
Discuss Beowulf exercises
Read extracts of
The Canterbury Tales
and do assignments
Bring your notes, reader&workbook and survey!
Slide 23 - Diapositive
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