2)"matters ofFrance"(Emperor Charlemagne and his peers) 3)"matters ofRome".(Alexander the Greatand so forth) Sir Gawain andthe Green Knight It is a verseromanceof2530 lines,derived from Celtic legend 5 A.Story: B.Analysis:1)alliterative verse 2)an account of a typical chivalric adventure (motifs)3)concerned with the rights and wrongs of conduct 4)Its theme is a series of tests on faith, courage,purity and human weakness for self-preservation.5) structure:contains a prologue,an epilogue and its main body.6) the unknown author tries to make his romance the vehicle of a wise morality in which the humorously grotesque merges with the morally serious. 2.3.3 Popular Ballads 5 1)Introduction:Popular ballads are originally dance songs in verse form,usually in 4-line stanzas,with the second and fourth lines rhymed. .They are mainly literature of peasants,created collectively by people and constantly revised in the process of being handed down from mouth to mouth There were several kinds of ballads:historical,legendary, fantastical,lyrical and humorous. 2) “matters of France” (Emperor Charlemagne and his peers) 3) “matters of Rome”. (Alexander the Great and so forth) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight It is a verse romance of 2530 lines, derived from Celtic legend. A. Story: B. Analysis: 1) alliterative verse 2) an account of a typical chivalric adventure (motifs) 3) concerned with the rights and wrongs of conduct 4) Its theme is a series of tests on faith, courage, purity and human weakness for self-preservation. 5) structure: contains a prologue, an epilogue and its main body.6) the unknown author tries to make his romance the vehicle of a wise morality in which the humorously grotesque merges with the morally serious. 2.3.3 Popular Ballads ▪ 1) Introduction: Popular ballads are originally dance songs in verse form, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth lines rhymed. ▪ They are mainly literature of peasants, created collectively by people and constantly revised in the process of being handed down from mouth to mouth. ▪ There were several kinds of ballads: historical, legendary, fantastical, lyrical and humorous. 5’ 5’