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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Miss Johnson

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Arthurian Romance Poem Written between 1370-1390 Written in the Northwest Midlands in England Author Unknown Often called the Sir Gawain Poet or the Pearl Poet

Romances Romance: a type of prose or verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe Also known as a Chivalric Romance Typically describe the adventures of quest-seeking, legendary knights who are portrayed having heroic qualities King Arthur was a popular topic in these romances Romance originally a French tradition

Folklore Motifs The Beheading Game The Exchange of Winnings The Green Man

Alliterative Verse Alliterative Verse: a poem that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help underlying metical structure Each line has four stresses, three which are alliterative A caesura, or break, is in the middle of the line EX: King Arthur was counted most courteous of all Bob and Wheel: a five line verse that ends each stanza Is not in the alliterative verse pattern Alliterative verse a tradition in Anglo-Saxon literature like in Beowulf

Major Theme Focus on inner moral testing rather than martial prowess Natural world versus the civilized world Self-preservation

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