Sir Gawain and the Green Knight would usually be considered too short to qualify as an actual epic. The action lasts only one year (from one New Year's Eve to the next) and really covers only a few days out of even that short timeperiod. Sir Gawain also has a much smaller scale than most epics. An epic typically will have several dozen important characters; Sir Gawain really has only three main actors (though each of them is developed in close detail).
The sort of poem Sir Gawain is, is usually called a 'Romance': a story with a single well-defined plotline, and a very limited setting and set of characters.
Romances were very popular in the Fourteenth Century (when Gawain was written); many of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are romances, and there are also others including Havelok and Undo your door.
To compare these two forms with something a bit more modern: an epic has a large scale, a big story, and many characters - like a novel; a romance has a smaller scale, few characters closely observed, and a straightforward story with a beginning, middle, and end - a romance is more like a short story.
The author of Sir Gawain and the green knight is unknown.
The author of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is anonymous, as the poem is part of the medieval English tradition of Arthurian literature.
The author for "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is unknown.
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The Green Knight's name is Sir Gawain. He is a character from Arthurian legend and appears in the medieval poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
Sir Gawain is from the legends of King Arthur. He fought and cut off the head of the Green Knight in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'.
He is in bewildered and proud of Gawain.
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Sir Gawain uses a sword as his weapon in the book "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Sir Gawain's guide is the porter of the castle where he seeks shelter. The porter leads Sir Gawain to meet the lord of the castle and facilitates his interactions with the other characters in the story.
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The first time the Green Knight swings his axe, Sir Gawain flinches but the Green Knight stops before hurting him. Instead, he is testing Sir Gawain's courage and honor.
In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," it is the Green Knight who declares Gawain purged of his sins after Gawain confesses his wrongdoing and accepts his penance. The Green Knight acknowledges Gawain's honesty and humility, forgiving him for his betrayal.
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The cast of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - 2009 includes: Simon Armitage as Himself - Presenter