1、Unit two Anglo-Norman Period106613501. In the year 1066, the Norman defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of _Hastings_.The most prevailing kind of literature in feudal England was _the romance_. It was a long composition , sometimes in _prose _, some times in _verse _, describing the life and adv
2、entures of _a noble hero_. 2. The most popular theme of English literature in the 1114th century is _.The legend of King Arther and his round table knight3. William Langlands “_the vision of_Piers the Plowman_“ is written in the form of aq dream vision. 4. What is the influence of the Norman Conques
3、t upon English language and literature?European ideals and customs were introduced into England. Languages mixed.Literature was varied in interest and extensive in range. Romance.5. Make comments on the romance “ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English: Sir Ga
4、wayn and e Grene Knyt) is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance. It is one of the best known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folklore motifs, the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. The Green Knight is interpreted by some as a representation of the Gre
5、en Man of folklore and by others as an allusion to Christ. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel,1 it draws on Welsh, Irish, and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition. It is an important poem in the romance genre, which typically
6、 involves a hero who goes on a quest which tests his prowess, and it remains popular to this day in modern English renderings from J. R. R. Tolkien, Simon Armitage, and others, as well as through film and stage adaptations.It describes how Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthurs Round Table, accepts a
7、challenge from a mysterious “Green Knight“ who challenges any knight to strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in ayear and a day. Gawain accepts and beheads him with his blow, at which the Green Knight stands up, picks up his head, and reminds Gawain of the appointed time. In his str
8、uggles to keep his bargain, Gawain demonstrates chivalry and loyalty until his honour is called into question by a test involving Lady Bertilak, the lady of the Green Knights castle.The poem survives in a single manuscript, the Cotton Nero A.x., which also includes three religious narrative poems: Pearl, Purity and Patience. All are thought to have been written by the same unknown author, dubbed the “Pearl Poet“ or “Gawain Poet“, since all three are written in a North West Midland dialect of Middle English.23
