Read "Bisclaveret" and answer the following: Vocabulary: lai, Norman, Norman conquest, Breton, courtly love, wish fulfillment, folklore motif, octosyllabic couplets, fin amour, feudalism, courtly love, knight, chivalry, noseless.
Identifications: Bisclavret, Bisclavret's wife, the King of Brittany, garwulf. Lecture Notes: Review them as needed. Reading Questions: · What, according to Marie, is the Norman title for the Breton lai, "Bisclavret"? · What disturbs Bisclavret's wife about her husband's behavior each week? (i.e., what does her husband do that arouses her suspicions?) · What secret has Bisclavret been hiding from his wife? Why has he been afraid to tell her? · What will happen to Bisclavret if he loses his human clothes while he is in wolf-shape? · Where does Bisclavret hide his clothes? · What does Bisclavret's wife offer to a neighboring knight that she had refused him previously? · A year passes, and then Bisclavret ends up being hunted in the forest. How does he avoid being torn apart by the hunting dogs? · How does Bisclavret behave when the knight who is his wife's lover shows up at the king's court? · What does Bisclavret do to his wife when she appears at court? · How does the King of Brittany extract the truth from the false knight and Bisclavret's unfaithful wife? · Why does Bisclavret hesitate to turn back into human shape--and what change in location allows him to transform peacefully? What does this hesitancy reveal about Bisclavret and what he has learned? · What happens to later generations of the unfaithful wife? (i.e., what unusual deformity do they have?)
Read "The Lay of Yonec" and answer the following: Due Tuesday, 11/17 Vocabulary: damsel, chambelain, psalter, credence, abode, crone, valiant, lintel, postern, abbey. Reading Questions: -
What reason did the husband have for shutting his wife up in a tower? -
Who was appointed to watch over the lady? -
What does the damsel wish for most? -
Why did the hawk/falcon choose a particular time to appear? -
How does the knight prove his intentions to the lady? -
How does the husband plan to find out the reason for the lady's joy? -
How does the husband deal with the knight? -
How many chambers must the lady pass through to reach the knight? -
What objects did the knight give the lady? What were their uses? -
Who was Yonec's father? -
What did the pilgrims find in the Abbey? -
What duty did Yonec fulfill and what was its result?
Read: The Lay of "The Story Beyond the Sea" by Thursdasy 11/19. Reading Questions: -
Why does the count seal his daughter up in a barrel? -
Why doesn't Thibault or her relatives rescue her? -
What recent class activity does this remind you of? Do you think there's a "thread" of relationshiop between the two? -
Why does the lady give up her faith? -
In the meantime who goes on a Crusade? -
Who was the "Fair Captive" the mother of?
Final quiz 11/20! Be sure to review your notes!!!
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