ENGL 406 Lecture Notes - Middle Ages, Aragorn, Sir Orfeo
5 Sep 2013
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Medieval romance could have romantic love but had many other aspects: most important author- marie de france. Also wrote stories in the genres: spiritual voyage and animal fables and brenton luis. Might not be a women, not be one person. Don"t know in what context she was from france. Would explain her literacy, and relation to court. Her examples of brenton luis are the earliest form of the genre. Written in french and found in england: brenton luis really influential on chancor. Page14 line 13 these luis were generated in britain and were brought from there: talking about northern france. Differences: ends well, not hell but the fairy land lady is saved is set in winchester, sir orfeo hands his kingdom to a steward. Steward of gondar, aragorn: idea taken from the poem (sir orfeo) What emerged for you from this poem: connections between gawain and sir orfeo. Parallel between arthur and his subject and king orfeo and his steward.
