Prepare answers to the fishbowl questions that would make sense for your character. If you need to reread Chaucer's description of your character in the prologue, use the General Prologue Link to the right. Be sure to base your answers in what we have learned in class and in the text. Fishbowl is Monday.
Middle Ages Exam is Tuesday
What will be on the test?
Marie de France: dates, what she wrote, what we know about her, language she wrote in
Medieval genres, especially the lai
Courtly love and chivalry
Bisclavret: plot, symbolism, message
Chevrefoil: plot, symbolism, message
Expository paragraph: how to write
Chaucer: dates, language he wrote in, his social class, why he is important
Canterbury tales: Language it was written in, when in the Middle Ages it was written, organization of tales, premise of story: who is traveling, where are they traveling, why are they traveling, what game will they play while traveling?
Thomas a Beckett: know why he is significant
Wife of Bath’s tale: plot, main ideas or themes, message
CT Characters: how did they fit into the social system, what did Chaucer think of them, what critique might Chaucer have been making about medieval society through his depiction of these characters
Vocabulary: vernacular, frame story, satire
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