1. Explain meaning of terms and their relevance to Eng Literature (examples‚ people‚ time span): Old English/Anglo-Saxon – language (many different dialects) and culture of Anglo-Saxons‚ 7th -11th c.‚ lit.: The Ruin‚ Beowulf‚ Seafarer etc; Bede‚ Caedmon‚ St Columba‚ St Augustine‚ Alfred the Great; Early Medival times‚ migrations‚ arrival of Christianity‚ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle‚ Viking Invasion‚ Germanic heritage‚ Christian ideology‚ memory of Roman Empire (myth of origins‚ Brutus)‚ Celtic elements
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ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE The Middle Ages is like no other period in terms of the time span it covers. Caedmon’s Hymn‚ the earliest English poem to survive as a text‚ belongs to the latter part of the VII century. The morality play‚ Everyman‚ is dated "after 1485" and probably belongs to the early-XVI century. In addition‚ for the Middle Ages‚ there is no one central movement or event to organize a historical approach to the period. When did "English Literature" begin? Any answer to that
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Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature was originally written as a reaction to the age of reason‚ order‚ and the politics of eighteenth-century England. Containing anti-Catholic sentiments and mythical aspects‚ Gothic literature explored the tension between what we fear and what we desire. The stories were usually set in some kind of castle or old building that showed
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1/31/13 McDonald’s sales growth cools | Free Malaysia Today Thursday‚ January 31‚ 2013 Like 35k Follow @fm today 8‚904 follow ers ROS Lboard Mahathir blames Anwar for Project IC by FMT Staff Read More Search McDonald’s sales growth cools October 20‚ 2012 www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2012/10/20/mcdonalds-sales-growth-cools/ 1/7 1/31/13 McDonald’s sales growth cools | Free Malaysia Today NEW YORK: McDonald’s Corp posted its worst quarterly restaurant
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Farewell Speech by our Std XII Students Isha Desai-XII B Good Evening! For the better part of my life‚ this school has been my second home‚ and it’s really hard to talk about 14 years of memories in one short speech. Now that we’re all here today‚ officially saying Goodbye to this school‚ our teachers & to each other‚ it finally dawns upon me what a big piece of my life I’m leaving behind.. Some of you‚ I’ve known since forever and some of you‚ just a couple of years. You guys are some of
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When we ask most average persons today these questions‚ they might answer something like‚ he is our national hero‚ he died in Bagumbayan‚ and he wrote two great novels. Beyond that nothing more is explicitly said about Jose Rizal. As I read through the chapters of the book I have come discover many more things that is admirable about this man. In his childhood‚ he wrote a poem to his fellow children reminding them to always love their native tongue. The children of today tend to like the invaders tongue
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Offensive Language in Literature In Mark Twain’s classic 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ regional and time-specific language is used in a way that offends some 21st century readers. Particular words are so disturbing that individuals across the country are still‚ to this day‚ attempting to have the book banned in schools and libraries. The idea that any book should be tucked away in a vault‚ let alone an example of a beloved American classic such
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster In Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Red-Headed League‚" Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson both observe Jabez Wilson carefully‚ yet their differing interpretations of the same details reveal the difference between a "Good Reader" and a "Bad Reader." Watson can only describe what he sees; Holmes has the knowledge to interpret what he sees‚ to draw conclusions‚ and to solve the mystery
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stories. And yet‚ as Miss Sadie says‚ everyone hopes that this mythical home will somehow be real. It is apparent that the myth of home is what distinguishes children’s literature from adult novels (Wolf 18). Nodelman and Reimer write that while “the home/away/home pattern is the most common story line in children’s literature‚ adult fiction that deals with young people who leave home usually ends with the child choosing to stay away” (197). A pattern observed‚ called a postmodern metaplot‚ starts
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“Byronic hero“ and his evolution within the Victorian literature Lord Byron is one of the most famous and influential writers of the Romantic period and literature overall‚ which is largely due to his evermore interesting type of hero. Inspired by Milton ’s Satan‚ Byron took over the figure of heroic character and perfected it in his poem Childe Harold into a figure which has thereafter become known as the “Byronic hero“. Many critics agree that Byron ’s inspiration for this character lies largely
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