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Ballads Narrative songs Medieval Ballads Medieval Period 1066-1485 Most common people could not read or write Minstrels traveled singing these ballads.

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Page 1: Ballads Narrative songs Medieval Ballads Medieval Period 1066-1485  Most common people could not read or write  Minstrels traveled singing these ballads.

Ballads

Narrative songs

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Medieval Ballads

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Medieval Period 1066-1485

Most common people could not read or write

Minstrels traveled singing these ballads (narratives) to entertain

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Medieval Period 1066-1485

Narratives were about ordinary people

Because they were orally given many versions of the same story are told

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DefinitionNarrative songs handed down in oral

tradition

From French word meaning “dance song”

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CharacteristicsCharacteristics

◊ Simple and direct - stresses a single incident; begins in the midst of the incident

◊ Little or no background information

◊ Tells a story developed through dialogue

◊ Tells of dramatic events of ordinary people or legendary heroes

◊ Performed for an audience

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TypesTypes◊ Folk Ballad - oldest type; composed by local bard

to remember important event ◊ Story most important ◊ Tone is tragic ◊ Ends in death by accident, murder, suicide, or

return of the dead ◊ Use of repetition - adds to melody, provides

emphasis, heightens emotional effect◊ Some well known traditional folk ballads include

“Lord Randall,” “The Three Ravens, and “Get up and Bar the Door.”

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TypesTypes

◊ Minstrel Ballad ◊ Used themes of folk ballads and added

descriptions of settings and characters’ feelings

◊ Longer than folk ballad ◊ Less direct than folk ballad ◊ More literary than folk ballad◊ A well known minstrel ballad is “Sir Patrick

Spens/Spence.”

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Ballad Headlines

THREE DEAD SONS VISIT MOTHER FOR DINNER

SLIGHTED WOMAN SPURNS LOVER’S DEATHBED REQUEST

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Ballad Headlines

MAIDEN HEADED FOR GALLOWS; FAMILY REFUSES HELP

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SubjectsSubjects

◊ Quarrels among family members or lovers or friends

◊ Death◊ War◊ Fear of the unknown◊ Lives of people◊ Adventures of outlaws ◊ Tragic love

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Themes

Domestic tragedyFalse loveTrue loveAbsurdity of

husband/wife relations

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Themes◊ The supernatural◊ Courage◊ Death◊ Revenge◊ Envy◊ Rebellion ◊ Betrayal◊ Remorse◊ Loyalty ◊ Patriotism

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Medieval Period 1066-1485

Most of the ballads remained anonymous

Songs were not written down until the 18th century

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Ballads

Typically focused on a single incident

Begins in the middle of the crisis

Proceeds directly to the resolution

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Ballads

Not developed charactersNot developed backgroundNot developed description

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Ballads - Subjects

Tragic loveDomestic ConflictCrimeWarShipwrecks

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Ballads - Subjects

Comic treatmentsTragic treatments

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How to read a ballad

Read silently looking at side notes

Paraphrase each stanzaRead aloud to hear the

sounds

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Song CharacteristicsSong Characteristics

◊ Four-line stanzas◊ Rhyme in lines 2 and 4◊ Repetition of words, phrases, and lines◊ Refrains

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The Refrain

Songs chorusProbable that the

singer of the ballad had the audience join in the refrain

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The Refrain

RhythmThemeAllowed the singer to

improvise/remember the next verse

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Assignment

Read both ballads – “Barbara Allan”– “Get Up and Bar the Door”

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Assignment

Break up into groups

A ballad will be assigned to you

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Assignment

Annotate the poems - determine meaning, theme, speakers, etc.

Create a newspaper headline – National Enquirer

Write a newspaper article

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Assignment

Type article and headline

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