Arthurian Legends 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

WELCOME!

Content

• Literature: Arthurian     Legends 1  - Intro
• Context to 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'.
• eindexamensite.nl - first text 20 May 2022 (2014-1)

Present-day influences

• Merlin (2008 - 2012)
•  The Green Knight (2021)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
• Shrek The Third (2007)
• Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

Context

• Sir Gawain: 14th century
•  The Late Middle Ages
• Anonymous poet
• One MS: The Pearl , Patience and Purity
• Midlands dialect

Page from the Cotton MS Nero A X from the British Library

Sir Gawain MS

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight

The Late Middle Ages

• The Hundred years' war

 1337 - 1453

• Peasant's Revolt - 1381
• War of the Roses 
• The Plague
• Feudal society

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• New Year's Day = Feast day
• Giant Stranger 
• Challenge
• Sir Gawain 
• Son of Morgan le Fay
• King Arthur's nephew
• 1 year and 1 day  

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• Sir and Lady Bertilak
• Castle & Green Chapel
• Another challenge!

Homework

Read p. 1-4 of your booklet

Context

In class we will continue with the story of Gawain. 

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