Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Tale of Sir Thopas": Elements of by Gregor Schönfelder PDF

By Gregor Schönfelder

Seminar paper from the 12 months 2010 within the topic English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, college of Tubingen (English Department), path: Underground Literature in Medieval England, language: English, summary: during this paintings, I study "The story of Sir Thopas" by way of Geoffrey Chaucer relating to its verious components of parody. the story mocks the common medieval romance, accordingly it's first essential to estabish what the time period "romance" skill during this context. Then, a number of the parodied facets of content material can be tested, together with Sir Thopas himself, his not-so-heroic battles, and love. despite the fact that, formal features in addition were seriously parodied in Sir Thopas and should be in concentration, particularly rhyming, descriptions, the minstrel's creation in addition to the overall constitution of the story, together with its end.

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