BÀI tập LUẬN EN16 Answering the theoretical questions on literature

- Anglo-Norman French became the kings' language and nobility of England for more than 300 years - Middle English was a dialect of English spoken until the late 15th century after the No

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The assignment content has 3 parts

PART 1: Answering the theoretical questions on literature ( 20

points)

What three languages were spoken in England in the 11th - 13th centuries, and whom were they spoken by?

- Anglo-Norman French became the kings' language and nobility of England for more than 300 years

- Middle English was a dialect of English spoken until the late 15th century after the Norman Conquest (1066) English had become the third language in its own kingdom during the Norman era when

it had no official status and was unregulated It was primarily a spoken language rather than a written one, and it basically declined

to the level of a patois or a creole

- Latin was widely used for written language, particularly by the Church and in official documents The assumption that Latin was the only language spoken in the classroom is disproved, and the meticulous collection of vernacular glosses provides a previously untapped supply of vocabulary items in French and Middle English Teaching and Learning Latin is a necessary resource for medievalists concerned with language, literacy, and culture

What is a romance, a fabliaux, a bestiaria? In what language were

they written?

- Romance: The term romance comes from the Anglo-Norman and

Old French words romanz, which mean "a story of chivalry and

love The term "romance" is widely used to describe romantic

love." Romance is a genre in which stories and traditions about

duty, courage, daring, wars, and damsels in distress are used to

emphasize chivalry and courtly love As previously said, romance

is a genre of literature that includes idealized love, chivalry,

obsessive attachment to someone or an idea and mysterious

adventures

- Fabliaux is a short, humorous, and typically dirty poem They were

popular in French poetry throughout the 12th and 13th centuries,

and they were first used in English a century later The poetic form

in French is usually always in octosyllabic couplets, while it varies

in English The topics are mostly around home humour with sexual

innuendo of the merchant and middle classes Although some of

the themes are drawn from eastern cultures, many of them have a

clear French basis or connection

- Bestiaria: Bestiary is elaborately illustrated and describes animals

They also included a moral lesson in their work and represented

the writer's Christian views of these animals were wholly

fantastical and incorrect, mostly due to the fact that the Word of

God impacted the writer's interpretation of them In bestiaries,

readers may expect to see numerous allusions to Christian art and

religion

PART 2: Working on the given literary works ( 40 points)

Students will be given a literary works as follows:

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark

Collect other researchers’ viewpoints and studies about the literary

works

Analyze the related historical background affecting the author’s

writing art and ideas

Analyze the related literary trends and background affecting the

author’s writing art and ideas

Identify the author’s message (intentions), his literary talents and give

comments

Identify the author’s styles of writing together with his/ her strong and

weak points

Identify the influences of the literary works on the other aspects of

society, culture

and reader’s viewpoints and psychology (the educational values)

Identify the significance, the fame or the cultural typical identities of

the literary works

Anwer:

In My Opinion, The story of Hamlet is around a Danish prince who

wants to kill his uncle because of his father dead He used plenty of

tactics to do this smoothly, including pretending insanity, staging a play

portraying his father's death, and eventually stabbing him and forcing

him to swallow poison, death, duty, honour, deceit, revenge, ambition,

sexism, homoeroticism, language, and even the core of theatre itself

I have come to marvel at the majesty of the finest of play Because no

character has been interpreted in so many various ways Hamlet has

taught me a lot about other people since no other character has been

interpreted in so many different ways The profound majesty of the to be

or not to be soliloquy, as well as the ghost element, have always struck

me Someone did return from the afterlife to tell the tale What happened

here? The author needed the ghost to advance the plot, but he could not

do it without addressing one of humanity's most serious issues?

When compared to using the same energy on creative effort, the value of

vengeance is clearly evident in 'Hamlet,' as exemplified by Pericles

(495–429 BC) The entire play focuses on characters seeking vengeance

on one another for the wrongs done to them All of them are successful

in the end Despite the fact that Hamlet and Gandhi lived thousands of

years apart, they all die, proving Gandhi true when he said, "An eye for

an eye would make the whole world blind." Rather than seeking

vengeance on the militarily weak Spartans, he chose to employ his

people by creating the Acropolis, which, while in ruins, still stands as a

symbol of modern Athens

The same problem befalls Hamlet He is just concerned about catching

Claudius at The Mousetrap and is careless with the proof he obtains

After making what appears to be a threat to Claudius, he practically

dances over the "evidence" that does not actually indicate that his uncle

did anything illegal his isn't the first time Hamlet has experimented with

this concept

Hamlet's famous soliloquy, "To be, or not to be " has a naive

interpretation: Hamlet is thinking about suicide He is obviously

thinking about death, but not just suicide, and he is not fixated on

suicide Despite the first statement, he is making a decision that isn't

either/or In the lecture, he tries to strike a balance between the

difficulties of life in general, and his own existence in particular, and the

known and unknown aspects of death Because Hamlet's persona has

fascinated subsequent generations, the play has prompted more debate,

performances, and research than any other in world theatrical history

Shakespeare's Hamlet is a depressing drama set in the Danish kingdom

The play's plot revolves around vengeance Claudius, Hamlet's uncle,

killed his brother King Hamlet, stole the throne, and married Hamlet's

mother As a result of this, many people are killed Hamlet could not

face his uncle about the facts of his father's murder because his wrath

had engulfed him He pretended to be insane, rejected his love, and then

murdered her father While Shakespeare's plays were obviously

entertaining, they typically had a message or at least an overall theme

Obviously, ambition destroyed Macbeth and that Lear's ego brought him

down

Every aspect of the play, including those previously dismissed as

extraneous by critics, contributes to its essential value However, it is

vital that we comprehend the message since it is the same lesson that

sages and mystics of the past have long endeavored to impress on

suffering humanity Shakespeare wrote Hamlet to deliver a powerful

message to humanity This is definitely true because each scene in each

act of Hamlet functions as a cohesive entity to express this point

Shakespeare communicates the information in an unexpected manner,

emotionally captivating us and allowing us to quickly experience its

actuality Thus, Hamlet is a mystery play that is performed as a form of

initiation, an experienced introduction to the underlying truths that lurk

within our own depths

PART 3: Taking Online Oral Test (30 points)

The student when asked has to present briefly about the process of

conducting the assignment

The teacher and the student will discuss the assignment in contents,

word choice, literary styles, methods of writing, cultural factors,

meanings, viewpoints, message and genres

The student may be asked to provide some positive or negative

comments about the related literary works

Right structures and good, logical formats : ( 10 points)