MedievalEnglishLiteratureWilliamtheConquerorbecamethekingofEnglandintheyearof1066,-,,romantictalesofloveandadventure,whichcanbeseeninRomance,:LandlordsandpeasantsPeasantswerenotallowedtosayanythingagainstthefeudalorder,otherwiseputtodeathIn1348-1349,BlackDeath(黑死病:由老鼠身上的跳蚤传播的致命瘟疫)sweptoverthecountryThehundredYears’War(1337-1453)JoanofArcIn1379,poll-tax(人头税):Normans=master=speakFrenchSaxons=servant=speakEnglishScholars&clergymen=useLatinorFrenchBytheendofthe14thcentury,(骑士精神)wasintroducedintoEnglandTheliteraturewasvariedininterestandextensiveinrangeTheNormansbegantowritehistoriesandchroniclesTheprevailingformofliteraturewastheRomanceMiddleEnglishPeriodAnglo-NormanPeriodTheRomancesAgeofChaucerWilliamLanglandGeoffreyChaucer15thCenturyPeriodPopularBalladsThomasMaloryTheRomances(forthenoble)Definition:position,sometimesinverse,sometimesinprose,describingthelifeandadventuresofanobleheroThethemeofloyaltytokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromancesEssentialfeatures(P10)Thethreemajorsubjects:themattersofBritain,themattersofFrance,themattersofRome(P11)SirGawainandtheGreenKnightaverse-romancewithitsauthorunknownconsideredasthebestArthurianromancederivedfromCelticlegendPlots:Inthenewyear’sfeast,SirGawain’eptionofthechallengebytheGreenKnightGawain’sjourneytoseektheGreenknightGawain’sstayinthecastleGawain’smeetingwiththeGreenKnightThemes:thetestsoffaith,courage,purityandthehumanwea
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