Good morning! Let's start this new stage of world literature class with a simple activity on the beautiful and moving story of Tristan and Isolde that your mates you just count.
Before work, know that emerged in the twelfth century
Tristan, a novel about the legend of Tristan and Isolde, the prototype of amorosoa passion, uncontrollable and tragic.
As you know, his argument revolves around the loves of Tristan, a young musician, valiant knight, and Isolde, the blonde wife of the king of Cornwall, an expert in medicine and magic. The two young men have fallen in love, against their will, having taken a magic filter that irrevocably binds those who drink it together. The young struggle between loyalty to her husband and the passion of love for Tristan, which is eventually removed from the court. Far
Iseo, Tristan comes to Brittany, where he marries the king's daughter, also named Isolde, "the White's hands." And, when a chivalric adventure is mortally wounded, called in the aid of the blonde Iseo because only she can save him. The girl goes on a boat with white sails, as they had entered, but Iseo "of the white hands', motivated by jealousy, tells Tristan that the sails are black, meaning that the blonde does not come in Iseo ship. Tristan and Isolde dies of grief blonde late, only to expire next to the corpse of her lover.
This work became very popular throughout Europe, recreates a Celtic, but also inspired by classical motifs.
The activities, or employment we propose are two:
- First, read the romance "is Wounded Don Tristan" you'll find in the Reading Room and says what point in the history of these two love is reflected in the romance.
- The second activity consists in pointing out the similarities between the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, and the story of Tristan and Isolde.
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