Yvain, the Knight of the Lion Literary Elements

Yvain, the Knight of the Lion Literary Elements

Genre

Medieval Literature

Setting and Context

Britain, at the time of King Arthur

Narrator and Point of View

The point of view is Yvain's and the narrator tells the story from a third person perspective

Tone and Mood

Mysterious and shrouded in legend; the mood ranges from hopeful and proud, determined and ebullient, through to despairing and threatening

Protagonist and Antagonist

Yvain is the protagonist, and his antagonists include a giant, various knights anxious to unseat him and also Sir Kay

Major Conflict

The major conflict involves Eternal Yvain and Laudine's husband, the mysterious knight who appears after the quieting of the storm and whom Yvain kills by splitting his skull

Climax

The climax of the story occurs when Yvain rescues Lunete from being burned at the stake and wins his way back into the affections of his estranged wife

Foreshadowing

Creating the storm foreshadows the appearance of the knight who then seeks retribution for the damage done in the storm

Understatement

It is stated that Lunete is in danger which understates her predicament about to be burned at the stake

Allusions

Throughout the text there are allusions made to legend and old heathen folkloric beliefs that influence the. Shavuot of the knights

Imagery

The imagery is all very mysterious and shrouded in legend. Images

Paradox

Yvain is madly in love with Laudine on sight but as soon as he begins participating in tournaments forgets the madness of his love and forgets all about her

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the damsel Lunete who protects him with magic rings that make him invisible and the noblewoman who finds him living as a hermit and cures his "insanity" with a potion

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The Round Table is the phrase used to represent each individual knight that sits around it

Personification

No specific examples of personification in this work

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