Tale of Sir Thopas
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Tale of Sir Thopas is a deliberately comic, burlesque romance in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales that parodies chivalric adventure narratives through exaggerated clichés and doggerel verse.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canterbury Tale
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Middle English poem ⓘ burlesque romance ⓘ literary parody ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | late 14th century ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
catalogues of clothing and equipment
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invocation of the Virgin Mary ⓘ mock battle preparations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Sir Thopas
NERFINISHED
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the giant Sir Olifaunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMotif | quest for an elf-queen ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Tale of Melibee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | narrative poem ⓘ |
| frameCollection | tales told on the road to Canterbury ⓘ |
| genre |
comic romance
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parody of chivalric romance ⓘ |
| includedIn | most major manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| interruptedBy | the Host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early example of parodying romance conventions
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illustrates Chaucer’s self-caricature as a poet ⓘ |
| meter | tail-rhyme stanza ⓘ |
| narrativeFrameSpeaker | Chaucer (pilgrim) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStatus | interrupted tale ⓘ |
| notableManuscript | Ellesmere manuscript of The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Middle English ⓘ |
| parodies |
chivalric adventure narratives
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courtly romance conventions ⓘ |
| partOf | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sir Thopas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | tail-rhyme (aabccb, etc.) ⓘ |
| setting | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of short tail-rhyme stanzas ⓘ |
| style |
deliberately clumsy
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heavily clichéd ⓘ |
| targetOfSatire | metrical romances popular in late medieval England ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of bad versification
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mockery of chivalric ideals ⓘ satire of popular romance ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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mock-heroic ⓘ |
| verseForm | doggerel verse ⓘ |
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