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1 Old English Literature Medieval Literature
VY_32_INOVACE_14-12 BRITISH LITERATURE I Old English Literature Medieval Literature

2 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

3 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’  

4 Beowulf - manuscript Beowulf
Autor: neznámý, Název: Beowulf.firstpage.jpeg Zdroj: Autor: neznámý, Název: Beowulf challenged by the coastguard by E Paul.jpg Zdroj:

5 Old English prose Venerable BEDE (673-735)
‘The Ecclesiastical History of English Nation’ in Latin Aelfric GRAMMATICUS ( ) religious prose, dictionary: Ang.-Saxon x Latin Alfred the GREAT ( ) ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’ - life, history, language of that time

6 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

7 Autor: neznámý, Název: Geoffrey Chaucer (17th century).jpg
Zdroj:

8 Other medieval literature
drama legends: Will. Wallace, Robin Hood Sir Thomas MALLORY: ‘Le Morte d` Arthur’ Will. CAXTON: printing press ‘

9 Thank you for your attention.
Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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