English 1022E Lecture Notes - Caesura, Hubris, Aeneid
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Frame tale: refers to the tale-telling contest proposed by the host, harry bailley, outlined in the general. 771 ff. ) and furthered in the links or transitional passages between some of the tales (i. e. the prologue to the miller"s tale): there are multiple frames of reference operating within the ct, 1. Estates satire: an analysis of society in terms of its hierarchy. Each class or profession is described to show how it fails the ideal, implying a moral judgment. Mise en abyme: literally meaning, placing into infinity, mise en abyme refers to the reproduction of a smaller image within the larger image. For example, a play about staging a play; a novel about novels; or a sonnet about writing sonnets are all examples of metafiction! Blazon: this is a section of a medieval romance or sonnet in which the poet describes a woman"s body by comparing parts of it with other objects.