Abstract
This paper examines Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the context of oral genres. Orality played a great part in its development. Furthermore, the romance seems to be located between other literary genres. On the one hand it resounds with the darker tones of myth and epic, and on the other it shifts towards the folktale. This is due to the humour that counterbalances the seriousness of sacrifice.
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