Le Morte Darthur Presentation Written by Sir Thomas Malory Written by Sir Jarett Schwartz
Jan 13, 2016
Le Morte Darthur Presentation
Written by Sir Thomas Malory
Written by Sir Jarett Schwartz
A BIG EXAM
Big Tough Exam from Jarett
Jarett Schwartz
Question #1
Who wrote LeMorte Darthur?
(Starting off easy…)
Sir Thomas Malory
Question #2
Is Le Morte Darthur originally written in French?
Qui petit seme petit quialt,et qui auques recoillir vialt
an tel leu sa semance espandeque fruit a cent dobles li rande;
car an terre qui rien ne vaut,bone semance i seche et faut.
“Percival” -Chrétien de Troyes
HIt befel in the dayes of Vther pendragon when he was kynge of all Englondand so regned that there was a mytty duke in Cornewaill that helde warre ageynst hym long tyme
And the duke was called the duke of Tyntagiland so by meanes kynge Vther send for this duk
chargyng hym to brynge his wyf with hym for she was called a fair lady
and a passynge wyse and her name was called Igrayne
Le Morte Darthur –Sir Thomas Malory
Question #3
Did the stories of Le Morte Darthur take place in the same time period as
Chaucer’s tales?
Debatable
Question #4
So… Sir Thomas Malory did nothing but steal from a bunch of French
guys?
Some Original Stuff
… I don’t know what puce and indigo look like!!
Question #5
What percentage of the stories contained are about Arthur?
Less than 40%!