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Old English Literature Medieval 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 5th - Anglo-Saxon invasion 6th - Christianity spread by monks from Rome, churches built, Latin words brought: priest, monk, candle, school – written in Latin, later liter. written in Old English 8th – 11th cent.: poetry and prose secular and religious lyric and epic genres: war poems, heroic epics

Old English poetry CAEDMON ‘Caedmon`s Hymn’ secular poetry unknown author - ‘Beowulf’ the first literary masterpiece , 8th cent. oral tradition – remembering: kenning = compound words: battle sweat = blood, whale road = sea, water ropes = waves alliteration = the first letter is repeated: “First frightened Frank fled…” rhyme religious poetry CAEDMON ‘Caedmon`s Hymn’

Beowulf - manuscript Beowulf Autor: neznámý, Název: Beowulf.firstpage.jpeg Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beowulf.firstpage.jpeg Autor: neznámý, Název: Beowulf challenged by the coastguard by E Paul.jpg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beowulf_challenged_by_the_coastguard_by_E_Paul.jpg

Old English prose Venerable BEDE (673-735) ‘The Ecclesiastical History of English Nation’ 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 ‘The Wycliff Bible’ Geoffrey CHAUCER (1343 – 1400) greatest poet of Middle Ages, father of English poetry Poet`s Corner philosopher, alchemist, astronomer influenced by Petrarch and Boccaccio, French and Italian: ‘Romance de la Rose’ ‘Troilus and Cressida’ ‘ Canterbury Tales’ unfinished collection of comic and moral stories 30 pilgrims London – Canterbury

Autor: neznámý, Název: Geoffrey Chaucer (17th 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