LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Ballads
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Epopee
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Cordel
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Romances
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The forms of medieval literature were poetry, drama, histories, and fables. The earliest form was poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Much of the early literature of this period consists of sermons, prayers, lives of saints, and homilies. In secular medieval literature, the figure of King Arthur, an ancient British hero, attracted the attention and imagination of these early writers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nowadays the word ‘romance’ means a love story, a novel about a love affair. Stories like The Knight with the Lion were the first ones to be called ‘romances’. This was because they were written in ‘romanz’, which meant French, rather than Latin.
Detailed explanation-5: -The tale of King Arthur and Camelot is a famous example. The word romance refers to the romance languages or Latin-based languages. Wandering singers originally told medieval fables. Written works include La Chanson de Roland, Le Morte D’Arthur, and Troilus and Criseyde.