Roman histories and biographies anticipated the extensive mediaeval literature of lives of saints and miraculous chronicles, but the most characteristic form of the Middle Ages was the romance, an adventurous and sometimes magical narrative with strong popular appeal. Controversial, religious, political and instructional literature proliferated during the Renaissance as a result of the invention of printing, while the mediaeval romance developed into a more character-based and psychological form of narrative, the novel, of which early and important examples are the Chinese Monkey and the German Faust books. COUNT 5
QSN1 Much medieval literature was influenced by the works of what classic culture? ANS1 Roman QSN2 What form of literature enjoyed the most widespread popularity during the Middle Ages? ANS2 the romance QSN3 What element is characteristic of a medieval romance? ANS3 an adventurous and sometimes magical narrative QSN4 What helped cause the widespread appearance of multiple forms of literature in the Renaissance? ANS4 the invention of printing QSN5 What is an early example of the novel form of literature from Europe? ANS5 the German Faust books