As The Song of Roland is one of the key texts of the so-called "Matter of France", the teacher may find it useful to compare it with stories of King Arthur from the Matter of Britain. Additionally, because The Song of Roland falls into the genre of epic poetry, teachers can also scaffold off of student knowledge of Greek and Roman epics like The Iliad or The Aeneid.
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