medieval genres
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- Chivalric Romance
- A nonscholarly narrative in metrical verse; tales of love, adventure, knightly conflit, and pageantry
- Myth
- Retelling a classical myth
- Breton Lais
- Set in the Brittany region of France; tales, Celtic in origin, of magic, fairies, folklore, and courtly
- Beast Fable
- Animals are given human qualities and are involved in clever tales that preach a moral lesson
- Prose Allegory
- Nonpoetic tale in which people and things represent abstract qualities
- Mock-Heroic
- Ridicules, by imitation, chivalric literature and heroic characters
- Mock-Romance
- Ridicules the chivalric romance by parody
- Jokes
- Humorous incidents that ridicule people
- Fabliau
- Stories based on clever tricks involving infidelity
- Sermon
- an oratory preaching a Christian message
- Exemplum
- A sermon that illustrates a known moral lesson
- Saint's Legend
- Tales of inspirational acts of martyrdom
- Mirical of the Virgin
- tales in which the Virgin Mary miraculously aids a follower in time of need
- Moral tale
- Tales to inspire moral conduct in the listener
- Knight's Tale
- Chivalric Romance
- Wife of Bath's Tale
- Breton Lais
- Nun's Priest's Tale
- Beast Fable
- Miller's Tale
- Fabliau
- Pardoner's Tale
- Exemplum
- Prioress's Tale
- Miracle of the Virgin