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| Framing Narrative | organized as a gathering of people in one place for the exchange of stories. Each character tells his or her tale and the frame tale progresses in this manner |
| Conceit | exaggerated comparison in literature; especially a comparison that is extreme or far-fetched |
| Fabliau | A medieval verse tale characterized by comic, ribald treatment of themes drawn from life |
| Ribald | Course and funny, humorous but rude and vulgar |
| Jongleur | wandering poet or entertainer in medieval times |
| Bawdy | obscene; lewd |
| Extant | Still in existance |
| Cuckolded | a man whose wife deceieves him by having a sexual relationship with another man |
| Rapacious | greedy or grasping, especially for money |
| Allusion | A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature |
| Allusion in Canterbury Tales | Chaucer alludes to "The Romance of the Rose" |
| The Romance of the Rose | A poem set in springtime; introduces the popular medieval topic of dreams and their significance |
| "The Romance of the Rose" as an allegory | It is an allegory of courtly love |
| Allegory | a work in which the characters and events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically expressing deeper |
| Rose in "The Romance of the Rose" | yellow hair, radiant forehead, grey eyes, seemly neck |
| Satire | A literary work that seeks to criticize and correct the behavior of humans andtheir institutions by means of humor, wit, and ridicule |
| Ingredients of Satire | humor, criticism, some kind or moral voice |
| Direct Satire | Directly addresses the reader through the use of satiric persona |
| Horatian Satire | (Form of Direct) Seeks to correct behavior through the use of gentle humor |
| Juvenalian Satire | (Form of Direct) More aggressive in its ridicule/more unforgiving in its moral judgement |
| Indirect Satire | Does not involve direct address; Object of this satire are characters who make themselves look ridiculous by what they think |
| Methods of Satire | Parody, Caricature, Exaggeration, Diminutization |
| Moods in Satire | Gentle/Sympathetic or Biting/Angry |
| Parody | A work in literature that mimics another work of literature |
| Exaggeration | The portrayal of something unimportant as very important |
| Caricature | An exaggerated protrayal of the weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group |
| Diminunization | The portrayal of something generally important as something unimportant |
| Targets of Satire | individual, group, system |
| Principles of Satire | Irony and Exaggeration |
| Irony | Things are opposite of what they seem |
| Forms of Satire | Fantasy, Mock Heroics, Formal Proposal, Praise/Blame |
| Fantasy | The setting of the satire is in an imaginary world or time |
| Mock Heroics | A realistic problem or dispute is turned into a highly exaggerated epic battle |
| Formal Proposal | A serious proposal is made unreasonable and exaggerated through satire |
| Praise/Blame | Something "bad" is praised without boundary |
| Purpose of Satire | To hold someone up to ridicule as an example to others |
| Metaphor | 1. A word oor phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another 2. One thing conceived as representing another |
