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ROMANCE & ARTHURIAN LEGEND

ROMANCE & ARTHURIAN LEGEND. Romance. Narrative set in a world of wish fulfillment Ordinary laws of nature are suspended Heroes who fight and almost always conquer the forces of evil Knightly conduct: courage, loyalty & courtesy Tales of adventure & love w/moral teaching. Elements of Romance.

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ROMANCE & ARTHURIAN LEGEND

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  1. ROMANCE & ARTHURIAN LEGEND

  2. Romance • Narrative set in a world of wish fulfillment • Ordinary laws of nature are suspended • Heroes who fight and almost always conquer the forces of evil • Knightly conduct: courage, loyalty & courtesy • Tales of adventure & love w/moral teaching

  3. Elements of Romance • A near-perfect hero • An evil enemy • A quest • A test of the hero • Supernatural elements • Good vs. evil • Females: usually maidens, mothers or crones

  4. THE QUEST typically involves 3 phases: • A dangerous journey • A central test • The return

  5. Sir Thomas Malory – 15thC Writing in the late 15th C (1469-1470), he was a knight familiar with chivalric romances Malory’s tales were a “swan song” to the feudal order of the Middle Ages – cities were growing; money & competition were replacing feudal ways

  6. Malory’s Arthur was a mythic character: He pulls the sword from the stone & his return as “the once and future king” is promised

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