Geoffrey Chaucer's The Tale of Sir Thopas

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature Works grade: 13 University of Tubingen (English Department) course: Underground Literature in Medieval England language: English abstract: In this work I examine The Tale of Sir Thopas by Geoffrey Chaucer regarding its verious elements of parody. The tale mocks the typical medieval romance therefore it is first necessary to estabish what the term romance means in this context. Then the various parodied aspects of content will be examined including Sir Thopas himself his not-so-heroic battles and love. However formal aspects as well have been heavily parodied in Sir Thopas and will be in focus namely rhyming descriptions the minstrel's introduction as well as the general structure of the tale including its end.