Literature 18-11

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

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Activity:

- Get your summary from last week and take a look at it.

- On the back: write a new improved summary (of about 5 sentences).

- Add extra information that you have read in your reader for homework (underline all information you have to look up).

- Think about setting, main characters and plot

- If you are finished, hand in your summary (NAME!)

Today

At the end of the lesson you'll know:

- The time period where Old English and Middle English are placed.

- (a part of) the main storyline of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

- The term and definition of the word chivalry. 

- Second hour: Listening practice Havo Exam

From Old English to Middle English

•  When did the old English period start?
• The Middle English period starts around 1066 with the battle of Hastings
• King Harold and William of Normandy
• England became tri-lingual.
  

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Introduction

•  King Arthur and the knights of the round table
• Chivarly: qualities a knight should possess
• Romance genre: story that involves a hero who goes on a quest that tests his ability
  
• Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent ideas and qualities that are different from their literal sense.
  
• Animals, numbers, and colours can be symbols.
  

Medieval romance characteristics

• Embodies the ideals of chivalry

• Set in a remote time or place

• Emphasise rank and social distinctions

• Convey sense of supernatural

• Hero engaged in pure adventure

• Include love or courtly love

• Feature spontaneous fighting

Stages of Medieval Romance

1. Undertaking a dangerous quest
2. Facing a test of honour or courage
3. A return point from which the quest began
   

Let's read the beginning of the story

Listening practice

There are four options:

1. Practice listening on esl-lab.com

2. Practice listening in Of Course (Chapter 1+2)

3. Work on your Credits Dossier

4. Work on your homework for next week: Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

When did the Middle English period start

1. 1100
2. 975
3. 1047
4. 1066

What does the term chivalry mean?

What is symbolism?

Homework for next week

•  Finish reading the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Write a short summary (5-10 sentences) of the story and hand this in at the beginning of next week Wednesday's lesson.
  
• Don't forget your credits dossier!