ENGL 228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chivalric Romance, Scottish Canadians, Long Poem
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Long poem that draws on the epic and the romance romance comes from the epic. Epic: open in elevated style, encountering the exploits of an elevated battle, and tells a story in which the fate of the nation depends. Stages an elemental context between good and evil represented by supernatural characters (gods, sprites, angels = epic machinery) Epics of ancient greece and rome: english writers have used these as models . Malcolm"s katie canadian epic: wants to de ne canadian history, and showing where it goes. Romance: a long narrative with stirring action featuring a struggle between good and evil. Difference: romance is more interested in humans, rather than epics who are interested in heroes and goes. Interest in sex and relationships between humans. Limited to a particular love story, rather than something that effects the world [epic] Began in 12 century france, chivalric romance [knight] Romance: a work written in france something written in a roman language .