Medieval Period Literary Styles.

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Medieval Period Literary Styles

General Purposes Narrative to tell a story Didactic to teach a lesson

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

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

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

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

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

Drama Why drama in church? Types of plays 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 about the consequences of sin