English 1022E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Courtly Love, New Christian, Pearl Poet
28 Apr 2012
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House of lancaster (1399-1461): henry iv to henry vi. House of york (1461-1485): edward iv to richard iii. House of tudor (1485-1603): henry viii to elizabeth i. 1350-1400: rich, poetic age and chaucer; 1st major english poet. Written by a little-known poet in the middle english period. Known as the gawain poet (other famous poet of the time: chaucer). Language: tri-lingual (old english 1449; language of the people): old english oldest class, french 1066; came into play with the norman conquest; upper class, latin used by the church, government, and scholars. Social issues were dealt with in french, and everyday issues in old english. *vernacular english dialect (very different from chaucer"s). Arthurian legend; an oral story eventually gets distant and under continual revision. *flat character not subject to change; very static. Gawain is portrayed as the perfect knight and perfect human .
