Review for "Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion"

The Author

100

Chretien de Troyes's name means ________________________________. 

"A Christian from Troyes"

200

Marie of ___________________ was Chretien de Troyes's patron. 

Champagne

300

Chretien de Troyes was called a ______________, a word closely related to our word "troubadour."

trouvere

400

Chretien de Troyes was born around 1130 and died in _____________. 

1190

500

List at least two other works written by the author of Yvain.

Answers may include: 

Erec and Enide

Cliges

Lancelot

Perceval

The Genre

100

True or false: We know for certain that courtly love poetry accurately depicted real live. 

False! 

It's uncertain how closely courtly love poetry reflected real life. 

200

Chretien de Troyes helped create the genre of chivalric romance, and he is called "the father of _____________ romance." (Hint: it's not "chivalric.")

Arthurian

300

The idea of courtly love appeared towards the end of the ____________ century. 

11th 

400

C.S. Lewis called courtly love "the _____________________________ of love"

feudalization

500

Chretien de Troyes is credited with helping to create not only the genre of chivalric romance but also another genre: ______________. 

the novel

Overview of the book

100

True or false: Yvain did not significantly impact the literary world at the time of its writing because it was lost for several centuries. 

False! 

Yvain had a huge impact on the literary world, and was adapted, rewritten, and translated into different languages

200

A __________-_____________ is a figure in medieval romances who wanders the land in search of adventure to prove his chivalric virtues. 

knight-errant

300

Yvain was written around the year _____________. 

1180

400

Yvain survives in _____ (#) manuscripts.

8

500

The character of Yvain may be based on the historical figure ________ ________ __________, the king and father of St. Mungo.

Owain mab Urien

Structure and Themes

100

Yvain is written in vernacular ________ ___________ (2 words).

Old French

200

Yvain is written in 8-syllable rhyming ____________. 

couplets

300

One theme of Yvain is the danger of _______________ _________________ (2 words).

hasty decisions

400

Yvain has two distinct halves: winning the ________, and losing the ________ and trying to _________________.

bride

bride

get her back

500

The lion symbolizes ________________ and _______________.

knighthood, nobility