Troilus and Criseyde
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Troilus and Criseyde is a Middle English narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that retells the tragic love story of Troilus and Criseyde during the Trojan War.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Troilus and Criseyde canonical | 15 |
| Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde | 1 |
| Criseyde | 1 |
| Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde | 1 |
| Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Troilus and Criseyde Context triple: [Geoffrey Chaucer, notableWork, Troilus and Criseyde]
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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a landmark Middle English literary work comprising a series of stories told by pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury, celebrated for its vivid characterization and social satire.
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The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
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C.
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
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D.
The Owl and the Nightingale
The Owl and the Nightingale is a Middle English narrative poem featuring a lively debate between an owl and a nightingale, often regarded as one of the earliest and most important works of English vernacular literature.
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E.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance poem that tells the story of King Arthur’s knight Sir Gawain and his beheading game encounter with the mysterious Green Knight.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Troilus and Criseyde Target entity description: Troilus and Criseyde is a Middle English narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that retells the tragic love story of Troilus and Criseyde during the Trojan War.
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A.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a landmark Middle English literary work comprising a series of stories told by pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury, celebrated for its vivid characterization and social satire.
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B.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
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C.
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
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D.
The Owl and the Nightingale
The Owl and the Nightingale is a Middle English narrative poem featuring a lively debate between an owl and a nightingale, often regarded as one of the earliest and most important works of English vernacular literature.
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E.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance poem that tells the story of King Arthur’s knight Sir Gawain and his beheading game encounter with the mysterious Green Knight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English narrative poem
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literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 1380s ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Il Filostrato
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story of Troilus and Briseis ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Calchas
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Cassandra ⓘ Diomede ⓘ Hector ⓘ Priam ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly love literature
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romance ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Criseyde
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Troilus ⓘ |
| influenced | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Troilus and Cressida ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | narrator’s prologue and epilogue ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Middle English
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surface form:
Middle English literature
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| literarySignificance |
important precursor to English Renaissance poetry
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major work of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Troilus and Criseyde
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Criseyde
Pandarus ⓘ Troilus ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter (approximate in Middle English) ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Middle English ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ababbcc ⓘ |
| setting | Trojan War ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Troy ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | seven-line stanza ⓘ |
| structure | five books ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | tragic love story ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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fate ⓘ fortune ⓘ love ⓘ war ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | late 14th century ⓘ |
| tradition | courtly love tradition ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhyme royal ⓘ |
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Referenced by (19)
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