Geoffrey Chaucers The Tale Of Sir Thopas Elements Of Parody And Satire

Author : Gregor Schönfelder
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656286426
Total Pages : 19 pages
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Download or read book Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Tale of Sir Thopas": Elements of Parody and Satire written by Gregor Schönfelder and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, University of Tubingen (English Department), course: Underground Literature in Medieval England, language: English, abstract: In this work, I examine "The Tale of Sir Thopas" by Geoffrey Chaucer regarding its verious elements of parody. The tale mocks the typical medieval romance, therefore it is first necessary to estabish what the term "romance" means in this context. Then, the various parodied aspects of content will be examined, including Sir Thopas himself, his not-so-heroic battles, and love. However, formal aspects as well have been heavily parodied in Sir Thopas and will be in focus, namely rhyming, descriptions, the minstrel's introduction as well as the general structure of the tale, including its end.

Author : Rosalyn Rossignol
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108400
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Companion to Chaucer written by Rosalyn Rossignol and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, including detailed synopses of his works, explanations of literary terms, character portraits, social and historical influences, and more.

Author : Wieland Schwanebeck
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3823303813
Total Pages : 1229 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Author : E. Joy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230610048
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Studies of the Modern Middle Ages written by E. Joy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together contemporary popular entertainment, current political subjects, and medieval history and culture to investigate the intersecting and often tangled relations between politics, aesthetics, reality and fiction, in relation to issues of morality, identity, social values, power, and justice, both in the past and the present.

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113557877X
Total Pages : 1687 pages
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Author : Piotr Spyra
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100009281X
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book The Liminality of Fairies written by Piotr Spyra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the fairies of medieval romance as liminal beings, this book draws on anthropological and philosophical studies of liminality to combine folkloristic insights into the nature of fairies with close readings of selected romance texts. Tracing different meanings and manifestations of liminality in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Orfeo, Sir Launfal, Thomas of Erceldoune and Robert Henryson’s Orpheus and Eurydice, the volume offers a comprehensive theory of liminality rooted in structuralist anthropology and poststructuralist theory. Arguing that romance fairies both embody and represent the liminal, The Liminality of Fairies posits and answers fundamental theoretical questions about the limits of representation and the relationship between romance hermeneutics and criticism. The interdisciplinary nature of the argument will appeal not just to medievalists and literary critics but also to anthropologists, folklorists as well as scholars working within the fields of cultural history and contemporary literary theory.

Author : Dieter Mehl
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317871553
Total Pages : 265 pages
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Download or read book English Literature in the Age of Chaucer written by Dieter Mehl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in an engaging and accessible manner, English Literature in the Age of Chaucer serves as both a lucid introduction to Middle English literature for those coming fresh to the study of earlier English writing, and as a stimulating examination of the themes, traditions and the literary achievement of a number of particulary original and interesting authors. In addition to detailed and sensitive treatment of Chaucer's major works, the book includes chapters on his chief contemporaries, such as John Gower, William Langland and the Gawain-poet. It also examines the often underrated contribution to the English literary tradition of his successors John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, as well as the interesting and original work of the Scottish poets, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who also claim Chaucer as their model. Apart from the narrative poetry of Chaucer and his followers, the book also contains chapters on the Middle English lyric; Middle English prose, including Mandeville's travels; the most original and imaginative writings of the Middle English mystics, in particular Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; and Thomas Malory's impressive prose compilation of Arthurian stories.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
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Total Pages : 1058 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F.N. Robinson
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Total Pages : 1058 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer written by F.N. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1176 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: