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A brief history of English literature Notes
Note: This material is supposed to be original and authentic for the
Subject English Literature. Although This Booklet is a complied work by
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A brief history of English literature Notes
Literary forms
Literary forms such as the novel or lyric poem, or genres, such as the horror-story, have a history. In one sense, they appear because they have not been thought of before, but they also appear, or become popular for other cultural reasons, such as the absence or emergence of literacy. In studying the history of literature (or any kind of art), you are challenged to consider
what constitutes a given form,
how it has developed, and
whether it has a future.
The novels of the late Catherine Cookson may have much in common with those of Charlotte Brontë, but is it worth mimicking in the late 20th century, what was ground-breaking in the 1840s? While Brontë examines what is contemporary for her, Miss Cookson invents an imagined past which may be of interest to the cultural historian in studying the present sources of her nostalgia, but not to the student of the period in which her novels are set.
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is a long work of prose fiction, but critics do not necessarily describe it as a novel. Why might this be? Knowing works in their historical context does not give easy answers, but may shed more or less light on our darkness in considering such questions.
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A brief history of English literature Notes
Old English, Middle English and Chaucer
Old English
English, as we know it, descends from the language spoken by the north
Germanic
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A brief history of English literature Notes
Note: This material is supposed to be original and authentic for the
Subject English Literature. Although This Booklet is a complied work by
The CSS Point. All contents have been collected from different internet sources. The CSS Point is not responsible for any fact/information mentioned in this booklet.
Thank You http://www.thecsspoint.com info@thecsspoint.com
English Literature | The CSS Point
A brief history of English literature Notes
Literary forms
Literary forms such as the novel or lyric poem, or genres, such as the horror-story, have a history. In one sense, they appear because they have not been thought of before, but they also appear, or become popular for other cultural reasons, such as the absence or emergence of literacy. In studying the history of literature (or any kind of art), you are challenged to consider
what constitutes a given form,
how it has developed, and
whether it has a future.
The novels of the late Catherine Cookson may have much in common with those of Charlotte Brontë, but is it worth mimicking in the late 20th century, what was ground-breaking in the 1840s? While Brontë examines what is contemporary for her, Miss Cookson invents an imagined past which may be of interest to the cultural historian in studying the present sources of her nostalgia, but not to the student of the period in which her novels are set.
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is a long work of prose fiction, but critics do not necessarily describe it as a novel. Why might this be? Knowing works in their historical context does not give easy answers, but may shed more or less light on our darkness in considering such questions.
www.thecsspoint.com
Page 2
A brief history of English literature Notes
Old English, Middle English and Chaucer
Old English
English, as we know it, descends from the language spoken by the north
Germanic