Re: NATLANG: Middle English Stories
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 13, 2003, 5:43 |
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On Sunday, October 12, 2003, at 10:27 , David Peterson wrote:
> TIA wrote:
>
> <<What are some common themes in Middle English period stories? We're
> supposed to try to make the subject matter, as well as the language, as
> authentic to period as we can. I don't know anything about what was
> written during that time -- all I know is I probably can't write about my
> conculture, ne? ;)>>
>
> May I suggest two items: (1) Chaucer's Caunterbury Tales, and (2) Edmund
> Spencer's The Faerie Queene.
Chaucer certainly. I'd suggest Wiiliam Langland's "The Vision of Piers the
Plowman" which gives a good insight into the social & religious conditions
of the 14th century.
Ray
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