ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
La Morte d’Arthur is
A
a Chivalric Romance written in English
B
a ballad
C
an epic heroic poem
D
a Chivalric Romance written in French
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Malory’s Morte d’Arthur is an English romance written in 1469 and published in 1485 and Samak-e-Ayyar is a long Persian tale transcribed by Faramarz ibn Khodadad ibn Abdollah al-Kateb al-Arjani.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Yes, Le Morte D’Arthur is a chivalric romance. It features stories about knights on quests, encountering beautiful ladies, supernatural creatures, and evil villains. The knights must not only perform impressive physical and mental deeds, but must also behave in a chivalrous way.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest.

Detailed explanation-4: -Le Morte Darthur tells the famous legend of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the mystical Holy Grail. Malory worked from a late-14th-century French poem, adding some material from other sources, to produce his English prose translation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tragedy; Adventure; Quest This book has it all: romance, death, harrowing journeys, miraculous feats. If you’re not quite sure which genre best fits Le Morte D’Arthur, then the title, which means “The Death of Arthur, ” should give you a clue.

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