ML200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pneumonic Plague, Bubonic Plague, Travel Literature
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Across the centuries: medieval time travel in fiction and film (part one) Time travel literature allows characters to literally/physically revisit the. The first example of medieval time travel in literature began in a. Connecticut yankee in king arthur"s court (1889) by mark twain. Character uses modern technology to appear as a magician. Tries to modernize the past by modernizing camelot, but fails to change the plot or save arthur. Many adaptations have been made in film, radio plays, children"s adaptations, etc. ,. The first film version was created in 1921. Depends on how the arthur/director chooses to represent the middle ages. Everyone is fascinated with the black death. Spread from asia via trade routes in the late. Some areas of europe (northern scotland, poland) untouched. The plague came back in waves and really hurt the population physically and mentally. Three coping methods as laid out in boccaccio"s decameran. Partying: we"re gonna die soon, might as well party while we can.
