Unit 3: The Middle Ages
- Middle Ages
- Texts
- See Brit Lit - Historical Eras/Contexts (in Notability) or get it again in Google Classroom if necessary.
- Nails
- What historical event heralded the shift from Old English to Middle English, from the Anglo-Saxon Era to the Middle Ages? When?
- What people, ideas, social structures, and events constituted the Middle Ages?
- The Pearl Poet (Gawain)
- Texts
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SGGK) - available for download at Google Classroom
- Nails
- How does the Pearl Poet's work reveal the shift from Anglo-Saxon to Middle English poetic style?
- What is a medieval romance, and how does SGGK qualify as this genre?
- How
does the Gawain poet use symbols and juxtaposition to show
God's grace in the context of the expectations of both the code of chivalry and courtly love?
- Chaucer
- How does Chaucer use irony in his tales?
- How do Chaucer's characters celebrate and satirize Medieval life?
- How does the personality of the teller select the kind of tale the teller tells?
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