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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Arthurian Romance Poem Written between Written in the Northwest Midlands in England Author Unknown Often called the Sir Gawain Poet or the Pearl Poet
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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
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Folklore Motifs The Beheading Game The Exchange of Winnings
The Green Man
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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
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Major Theme Focus on inner moral testing rather than martial prowess
Natural world versus the civilized world Self-preservation
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