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Middle English
SAHS Honors British Literature Mid-term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the three social levels of the time period | Aristocracy, Clergy, Commoners |
| What four elements determined one's social position | Birth, Wealth, Profession, Personal Ability |
| In what field was Chaucer's family business | The family was in the wine merchant business |
| State two advantages of Chaucer's family's business | wine merchants had to speak french and know latin |
| Where did Chaucer's father find him work | Chaucer became a page in one of the great aristocratic households of England |
| Why was Chaucer's father's choice an important influence in his life | working as a page Chaucer acquired the skill to go into a career of serving the ruling class |
| Examples of Chaucer's work experience | Chaucer was captured by the french, worked for King Edward, went on diplomatic missions to Spain and France, he was a controller of customs to wool, kept books on export taxes |
| what does it mean when the author says, "...the gap between the commoners...? | how different the social classes were |
| What was the most popular form of written expression for the younger people of Chaucer's generation | poetry |
| Name Chaucer's three Italian influences | Dante, Petrarch, Baccaccion |
| How did the three Italians contribute to Chaucer's writing | new verse forms, subject matter, and new models or representation |
| In "Legend of Good Woman," Chaucer deals with what issues | Chaucer was accused of heresy and antifeminism and ordered to do penance |
| What issues did Chaucer's writings reveal even before The Canterbury Tales | Chaucer's writing embraced prose and poetry, human and divine love |
| How many tales did Chaucer plan to write in Canterbury Tales | 120 tales |
| How was Chaucer's literary work influenced by where he lived | his career required him to travel abroad |
| What is a Frame Tale | a collection of stories linked together by a bigger story |
| What is unique about Chaucer's Frame Tale | there was varied and lively interaction between the tales |
| who went on the fictional journey to Canterbury | Knights, miners, physician, pardoner, nuns, priest, naves, cooks, friar |
| What is an "Estate Tale" | a genre that sets out to expose typical types of corruption at all levels of society |
| Why is Chaucer's work said to be artistic | Chaucer's writings are able to endow types of society with a reality that we associate them with |
| How does Chaucer create a realistic picture of his characters | because he has been exposed to several different cultures and languages, he is able to paint more vivid pictures of his characters |
| What is Satire | human folly and vice are held up to scorn, like sarcasm, it says one thing and means another |
| What is Juvenalian Satire | formal satire attacking vice and error |
| What is Horatian Satire | vice is indulged, tolerated, and humored |
| what is Satiric Norm | a character that represents the perfect ideal |
| What is Direct Characterization | statements about the character |
| What is Indirect Characterization | actions thoughts and dialogue to describe character |
| What is Social Commentary | writing that shows insight into society, its values, and its customs |
| What is an Elegy | a solemn poem that laments how quickly life passes, can also mourn the death of a person or group of people |
| What are the three elements of an Elogy | lament, praise and admiration, and consolation and solace |
| What are Archetypes | the basic building blocks of stories that all writers use to create a world to which readers can escape |
| What kind of Archetypes are there | Situational, Symbolic, Character |
| What are Situational Archetypes | events or happenings that a character goes through in order to transcend from one place to the next |
| What are Symbolic Archetypes | serve as a representation of a specific people, acts, deeds, places or conflicts |
| What are some examples of Character Archetypes | unfaithful wives, friendly beast, outcast, hero, mentor, damsel in distress, loyal retainers, hunting group of companions... |
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