Questions:
Concepts of Setting, Character and Plot in Arthurian Literature
This posting answers these inquiries:
1. Describe how the classic tale 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' focuses on the importance of chivalry. Do you think there are such explicit codes of behavior that we honor today? What role does such a code play in a society that mandates them? What are the dangers of having or of not having such a code?
2. Do we still believe in such conventions and if so, in what parts of our society or in your life do they exist? Do you believe that such formalities help keep a culture together or that they create problems such as racism, classicism and so on.
3. Do further research to see what you can understand about the King Arthur legend. How does this legend, its grand ideas about Camelot, manifest in our society today?
5. Try to relate traditional fictional terms such as plot, character and setting to this tale. Are these literary terms helpful when dealing with Medieval Literature? Why or why not?