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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 Religious works Medieval romance Drama Ballads
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? 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

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