ENG150Y1 Final: Erec and Enide compilation - all lectures
Document Summary
Begins with easter ends with christmas day crowned on christmas day- christian. Arthurian romance - a quest romance knights go off on quests and then come back home. Romance mode as talked about in 1st term separation, endurance/trials, then reunion. Shakespeare early european ^ switch from studying ancient world to studying a cultural tradition that recognizably belong to as something we think of belonging to western european tradition. Europe geographic designation but also cultural and political important designation. Map of roman empire and mediterranean rome; in centre is mediterranean main trade routes that linked diff parts of empire in 365. In 800, roman empire no longer existed, 3 important cultural zones that emerged -> arab influence (islam), byzantine empire, joined arab-byzantine rule, and other christian areas. Yellow zone other christian areas = western europe. France & germany now centre, no longer mediterranean = shift of gravity. Develop own different cultural destinies continued exchange.
