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Old English Literature (1)

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Revision questions for the test on Old English and Medieval Literature .
1.) How is literature analysed and studied? What is the difference between the diachronic and synchronic view?
Literature is studied and analysed by reading the piece of work profoundly and work on all the aspects of the piece.
Diachronic is development in history
Synchronic is particular state at any given moment
2.) Give a general overview of Celtic Britain , Roman invasion in 55-54 BC, Anglo- Saxon invasion and the second Roman “invasion” of Great Britain , who were the leaders, what influence did they leave on the culture of Great Britain?
Celtic Britain was during the Bronze Age, there were many small tribal kingdoms fighting one another . Many megalithic monuments were built around that time, e.g. Stonehenge, the Avebury ring.
The Roman Invasion – 55-54 BC, Julius Caesar ruled Rome, Rome built the Hadrian ’s wall (73 miles long, built in 121 – 127 AD) against the Picts and Scots , bits have survived till today .
The Romans bring along the Christian faith – The beginning of Christianization of the Celts . The Romans withdrew their forces together with the fall of the Roman empire.
Anglo Saxon Invasion – 5th – 6th century AD. Germanic tribes from Scandinavia: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes settle in what today is known as England and force the Celtic tribes to move to Scotland , Ireland , Wales .
The Angles settled in Northumberland, East Anglia, Mercia ; The Saxons in Essex, Sussex, Wessex and the Jutes in Kent.
569 AD Pope Gregory the great sends missionaries led by St. Augustine to Britain. The Benedictines establish a chain of monasteries; Britain is linked to the Latin civilization of the roman Church and Christian cultures of Western Europe .
Aethelbert 1 of Kent becomes the first Christian King of England. By the end of the 7th century all the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Britain accepted the Christian faith.
3.) Describe Old English Poetry in terms of form and content.
Old English poetry is highly formal.
Each line of it is divides into two halves, separated by a caesura, or pause, and is often represented by a gap on the page.
The verse form contains complicated rules for alliteration designed to help scops, or poets , remember the many thousands lines they were required to know ny heart .
Each of the two halves of an Anglo-Saxon line contains two stressed syllables, and an alliterative must be carried over across the caesura.
Often features a distinctive set of rhetorical devices , like the kenning .
4.) Who is the Venerable Bede and what is he famous for?
The Venerable Bede is the author of “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”, which is a record of the development of Christianity in England.
150 manuscripts have survived of the piece.
5.) Name the Fours significant volumes of Old English Verse that date back to the Anglo Saxon Period .
  • The Junius manuscript
  • The Beowulf
  • The Verchelli Book
  • The Exeter Book
    6.) Beowulf: who and when composed the epic ?, when does the action take place ?, who is the storyteller?(how do we know?), What kind of society is described in Beowulf?, when and by whom was Beowulf re- discovered ?, who are the writers Beowulf has influenced =, how many parts does the epic have?, what is its format ?, what are the main ideas the epic stresses? Describe the heroic code of the Anglo Saxons, how does it contradict the Christian value system?
    Beowulf was composed by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet around 700 A.D
    The action of the poem takes place around 500 A.D
    The storyteller is a Christian poet, we know it, because he is often at pains to attribute Christian thoughts and motives to his characters , who frequently behave in un-Christian ways .
    Beowulf describes Saxon society.
    Beowulf was re-discovered in 19th century, when the interest in the poem was primarily historical. In 1936, Oxford scholar J.R.R. Tolkien discovered the literaturistic side of the epic.
    Beowulf has influenced Tolkien and all the other writers after him.
    The epic has 3 parts, each focusing on Beowulf’s fight with a particular monster.
    The mains ideas of the epic is:
  • The importance of establishing identity
  • Tension between the heroic code and other value systems
  • Christian elements
  • The difference between a good warrior and a good king
  • Monsters
  • Oral traditions
  • The mead hall and the banquet
    Beowulf manifests the importance of patriarchal history. The way the fathers acted, influenced the life of their sons .
    7.) The Norman conquest – dates , influences of the Norman conquest to the culture, architecture , language , politics, law; What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
    Britain 1066 – 1485: The Middle Ages.
    Anglo-Saxon Britain was divided into many small kingdoms. King Alfred the Great of Wessex united most of them under his reign . England became the most powerful kingdom on the Island of Great Britain.
    Constant warfare with Wales and Scotland till 13th century.
    Edward the Confessor reigned 1042-1066. No male heir to the throne.
    William I, Duke of Normandy, later William the Conqueror reigned 1066-1087. Invaded Britain in 1066.
    The Battle of Hastings.
    The Bayeux Tapestry is a 50 cm by 70 m long embroidered cloth which depicts the events of the invasion itself.
    Importance of the Norman Conquest:
  • Norman influence to Anglo Saxon culture
  • New buildings and fortification of England
  • French influences to the English language. French as the language of the ruling classes for nearly 300 years .
  • Adoption of the European feudalism. King – the most powerful man in the country ; Barons and lords – king’s closest advisors and friends , members of aristrocracy, had absolute power in their territories; Knights, merchants and yeoman – the middle classes, could own small pieces of land ; Villens and serfs – did not own land and worked for the aristocracy slaves – no land, owned by the lords and used as they wished.
  • 1086 Domesday Book to improve taxation
  • Reforms the legal system : The Common Law
  • 1215 – a first government is assigned
    8.) Types of literature most prominent in the middle ages ( didactic poems , Chivalric romance, Fables, Ballads). What is Chivalric romance, where does it originate from? What are the three categories – describe each of them? Geoffrey of Monmouth and Historia Regum Britanniae – importance, Ballads and the main themes in them.
  • Didactic Poems – educating poems in the English language, stories from the Bible contained moral lessons, often performed in front of the churches before the service
  • Chivalric romance – court literature that originated from France . It is in the form of narrative poetry, which tell a story of a knight who undergoes several adventures ( to win the heart of his lady love).
  • The matter of Britain – about King Arthur and his court called Camelot
  • The Matter of Troy – about the myth of Britain’s lineage from the ancient city of Troy, by way of Britain’s Trojan founder, Brutus
  • Breton Lays – about unearthly magic
    The most famous collection of the King Arthur legends is Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.
    Ballads – short poetic folk tales that tell a story. Origins are in the oral tradition of story telling. They are of Anglo-Saxon origin . The author is usually unknown and the end is unhappy
    9.) Definitions to the following terms: Ballad , beast epic, Chivalric romance, didactic poem, epic, alliteration, assonance, alliterative verse, kenning, metaphor, Anglo-Saxon heroic code, antagonist, protagonist, setting .
    Beast Epic – humorous allegorical stories that contain a moral lesson, usually the main characters are animals . Originate in France and le Romain du renart
    Alliteration – Two syllables alliterate when they begin with the same sound.
    Alliterative verse – form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme
    Kenning – a short metaphorical description of a thing used in a place of a thing’s name.
    Protagonist – hero , main character
    Antagonist - character opposing the protagonist, not always a villain.
    Good luck fucking your brains up! 
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