VY32INOVACE14 12 BRITISH LITERATURE I Old English Literature
VY_32_INOVACE_14 -12 BRITISH LITERATURE I Old English Literature Medieval Literature
Old English literature § = Anglo=Saxon literature § (Germanic influence) / sounds like Norse lang. now § 5 th - Anglo-Saxon invasion § 6 th - Christianity spread by monks from Rome, churches built, Latin words brought: priest, monk, candle, school – written in Latin, later liter. written in Old English § 8 th – 11 th cent. : poetry and prose § secular and religious § lyric and epic § genres: war poems, heroic epics
Old English poetry § secular poetry unknown author - ‘Beowulf’ the first literary masterpiece , 8 th cent. oral tradition – remembering: kenning = compound words: q alliteration = the first letter is repeated: q battle sweat = blood, whale road = sea, water ropes = waves “First frightened Frank fled…” rhyme § religious poetry CAEDMON ‘Caedmon`s Hymn’
Beowulf - manuscript Autor: neznámý, Název: Beowulf. firstpage. jpeg Beowulf Autor: neznámý, Název: Beowulf challenged by the coastguard by E Paul. jpg Zdroj: http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Beowulf. firstpage. jpeg Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Beowulf_challenged_by_the_c oastguard_by_E_Paul. jpg
Old English prose § Venerable BEDE (673 -735) ‘The Ecclesiastical History of English Nation’ q in Latin § Aelfric GRAMMATICUS (950 -1020) religious prose, dictionary: Ang. -Saxon x Latin § Alfred the GREAT (849 -901) ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’ - life, history, language of that time
Medieval literature § 1100 – 1500 § romances of chivalry, chronicles, legends: King Arthur § English influenced by French – grammar, vocabulary § reforms in religion § John WYCLIFF § Geoffrey CHAUCER (1343 – 1400) ‘The Wycliff Bible’ greatest poet of Middle Ages, father of English poetry Poet`s Corner philosopher, alchemist, astronomer influenced by Petrarch and Boccaccio, French and Italian: q q ‘Romance de la Rose’ ‘Troilus and Cressida’ ‘ Canterbury Tales’ unfinished collection of comic and moral stories 30 pilgrims London – Canterbury
Geoffrey Chaucer Autor: neznámý, Název: Geoffrey Chaucer (17 th century). jpg Zdroj: http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: United_Kingdom_relief_location_map. jpg
Other medieval literature § drama § legends: Will. Wallace, Robin Hood Sir Thomas MALLORY: ‘Le Morte d` Arthur’ § Will. CAXTON: printing press - 1476
Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová
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