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Medieval Period

Medieval Period. Literary Styles. General Purposes. Narrative to tell a story Didactic to teach a lesson. Literary Styles. Poetry Ballads Religious works Medieval romance Arthurian romance Drama Religious in nature (mystery, miracle, morality). Ballad.

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Medieval Period

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  1. Medieval Period Literary Styles

  2. General Purposes • Narrative • to tell a story • Didactic • to teach a lesson

  3. Literary Styles • Poetry • Ballads • Religious works • Medieval romance • Arthurian romance • Drama • Religious in nature (mystery, miracle, morality)

  4. Ballad • First appeared during 12th century • Passed on through oral tradition for centuries • English and Scottish folk ballads • Originated in the wild border country between England and Scotland • Areas where a formal written literature had yet to develop • Areas where people’s lives did not permit books and reading • Sung in Scottish dialect • Songs of the people

  5. Ballad • Presents a single dramatic episode/event • Told through action and dialogue • Little characterization, description, or motivation • Contains a refrain: repeated line or stanza • Meant to be sung

  6. Ballad • Closed form poem: a poem with specifically prescribed elements (such as rhyme, meter, stanza division, etc.) • Narrative • Consists of four-lined stanzas (quatrains), usually rhyming abcb or abab • Rhythm: • Lines 1 & 3: iambic tetrameter • Lines 2 & 4: iambic trimeter

  7. Drama • Origins • Beginnings in church • Teaching the illiterate • Easter Sunday Mass • Dialogue of the two Marys at the tomb of Jesus • Moved outside • Pageant wagon

  8. Drama • Why drama in church? • To get control of unknown • To present role models • Types of Plays • Mystery—about the stories in the Bible • Miracle—about the lives of the Catholic saints • Morality—about the way one should live in order to please God and the consequences of sin

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