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Loanwords of French Literature

Loanwords of French Literature. Group 3 Rita Wang 100501067 Maggie Sun 99050. fabliau. Origin : from Old French (Picard dialect)   fabliaux Meaning: A short comic or satiric tale with middle-class or low-class characters. Usually deals with ribald.

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Loanwords of French Literature

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  1. Loanwords of French Literature Group 3 Rita Wang 100501067 Maggie Sun 99050

  2. fabliau • Origin : from Old French (Picard dialect)  fabliaux • Meaning: A short comic or satiric tale with middle-class or low-class characters. Usually deals with ribald. • Example: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales “The Miller’s Tale”

  3. Chanson de geste • Origin – French • Meaning: Songs of heroic deeds • chanson→ “song” ; geste→ “actions, exploits” • Example: Chanson de Roland

  4. Burlesque Origin - mid 17th century : from French Meaning: from Italian burlesco, from burla ”a joke, ridicule or mockery”. →A literary, dramatic or musical work to cause laughter Example : 16th century : Francesco Berni’s Opere burlesche

  5. Confidant • Origin : mid 17th century : (French) confidente “having full trust” • Meaning: A minor character that has the full trust of the protagonist • Examples: Horatio in Hamlet, Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories

  6. Nouveau riche • Origin - French, literally 'new rich‘ • Meaning: The “new rich” →People who have suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class. • Example: the d'Urberville family in Tess of the D'Urbervilles

  7. Clich’e Origin – mid 19 th century : French “printing plate” Something overused to the point that it loses its original effect "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." (Salvador Dali)

  8. Motif Origin - mid 19th century: from French ‘motif’ Of music, narrative, visual arts, textile arts Literature : Main idea or theme

  9. denouement Origin - mid 18th century: French dénouement, from dénouer 'unknot‘ Final part of the play when matters are resolved i.e. Shakespearean plays  the death of one or more

  10. monologue Origin - mid 17th century: from French, from Greek monologos 'speaking alone‘ a long speech by one actor in a play or film to express their thoughts Hamlet’s “To be or not to be…”

  11. HAMLET:To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummationDevoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;For in that sleep of death what dreams may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause: there's the respectThat makes calamity of so long life….

  12. renaissance Origin – from French ‘renaissance’ Rebirth Impulse toward the achievement of ancient Greek and Rome Artistic Creativity / Zest of life / human worth

  13. References Wikipedia Oxford Dictionary A Glossary of Literary Terms, M.H. Abrams

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