The Late Middle Ages: 1300-1500

1. Literature of the Late Middle Ages (pp. 281-284)
Literature > Point of View > Narrator
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Geoffrey Chaucer structured his Canterbury Tales around a larger narrative of traveling pilgrims, with each character telling his or her individual tale. Both the way a story is narrated and the narrator’s point of view change our understanding of the narrative and narrator. Click on the link above to explore the concept of point of view in literature.

2. 14th century Music (pp. 300-302)
Music > Rhythm > Accent and Syncopation
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Both secular and sacred music was written in the 14th century, as composers continued to experiment with polyphony and rhythmic structures, including isorythm, a sustained single rhythmic pattern. Syncopated rhythm--the accenting of a weak beat when a strong beat is expected--was also introduced by French composer Guillaume de Machat. Listen to how accented rhythm and syncopation affect a piece of music by clicking on the link above.