Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

School of Philosophy and Arts

Language Sciences Program

Renaissance Literature

Thomas Malory Literary Card

Dr. Andrés Sepúlveda Rodríguez

Students:

Bustos Cavazos Miranda 1819071(point 1 and 2)

García García Devanny 1850295 (point 3 and 4)

González Martínez Andrea Alejandra 1746363 (point 5 and 6)

López Luna Karina Guadalupe 1864969 (point 7)

Méndez Ulloa Asiria Galilea 1870583(point 8)

Ruiz Rodríguez Jessica Jazmín 1853800 (point 9)

Tamez García Karen Alejandra 1869403(point 10 and 11)

Semester: 10th

Group: i01

Shift: Morning

Date: March 25th, 2023

Thomas Malory and The Coronation of Arthur

 Author’s literary card

Picture Data
❖ Name: (Sir) Thomas Malory

❖ Motto: Knight-prisioner

❖ Epoch: Medieval epoch (Middle ages)

❖ Masterpiece: Le Morte d’Arthur was the last major

work written in the Middle ages. It tells the story of
King Arthur (from his birth until his death), Queen
Guinevere and the Knights
of the Round Table. Here, the author write about
the adventures of knights, the quest for the Holy
Grail, the death of King Arthur and the fall of all his
kingdom.

❖ Influences: He was influenced by Geoffrey

Monmouth and his work “History of the
Kings of Britain.”
Thomas Malory influenced writers
like Edmund Spenser, Lord Tennyson
Mark Twain and John Steinbeck.

❖ Literary type or genre: Arthurian legend, Middle

English prose romances.

❖ Literary movement: Medieval Literature.

❖ Themes: The main themes included in his work

are love, chivalry, honor, war, treachery
obedience and family.
❖ Problems: Thomas Malory was accused in
several times and even if there is no many
information about the reasons, he was charged
 with crimes and imprisoned during 1451-1470 CE.
❖ Myths: His life was surrounded by mystery. He was
accused of crimes, but there is not too much
information about that, as well as his personal
life. Some authors assure he was married, he
had a son and was a knight.
❖ Death: Malory died five months after his release
from prison, it happened in 1470 on the accession
of King Henry VI.

References

Malory, T. (1996). Le Morte Darthur. Reino Unido: Wordsworth Editions.

Malory, S. T. (2020). Le Morte d'Arthur Volume 1: Spanish Edition. Alemania: Zeuk

Media.

Robert, A. (2017). The encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, 4 Volume set (1st
ed., Vol. 7). Wiley.

The British Library. (n.d.). La Morte Darthur. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from
https://www.bl.uk/works/le-morte-d'arthur