ENGB31 Lecture Notes - Jousting, Green, Gaiwan
Document Summary
Sir gawain and the green knight (and the romance) Romance is established by the late 14th century. The interesting fact about this poem is the way it talks about the genre. The feature of this poem that makes it a romance genre is the fact that its written in the vernacular. The form has a bob and wheel stanza at the end. This rhyming is a feature of french poetry and not anglo-saxon and is therefore a formal and modern poem in terms of its scandinavian esque dialect. It is one of the dualities and tensions in this poem. Questions whether it is a pious religious poem or a response to secularism. Celtic folklore first time there"s a beheading and was then translated into. Arthurs court are the inheritors of the greek civilization. Large contrast between the vast significance of troy and the one on one battles. There is some trouble involved in this legendary descent from troy.
