ENGL 203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Alliterative Verse, Pearl Poet, Chrétien De Troyes
20 Oct 2016
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Chretien de troyes" the knight of the cart. The oldest manuscript dates back to the 13 century. Wrote this under the request of marie de champagne. Likes him serving marie to lancelot serving guinevere. He is better because lancelot hesitates and he does not. Borrows the basic love triangle fro the tristan romance. Rewrites the our on the oor story to be blood in the bed. Chretien states that godefroy de lagny completed the story. In the epilogue it is stated that the work is nished and nothing should be added or removed. Pearl poet"s sir gawain and the green knight. Sggk is a arthurian romance written in middle english by the pearl poet (1375-1400) with a circular narrative structure. Divided into 4 sections that combine alliterative and rhymed verses. 5 lines in rhyme with a bob and wheel (ababa) Sggk is not episodic, but is carefully constructed combing two distinct adventures.
