1. Anglo-Saxon: Historical and social background (449-1966) Historical background The Anglo-Saxons tribes arrived in Great Britain at the beginning of the 5th century. There were Germanic invaders who had already settled in England as mercenaries. They crossed the North Sea and they killed many British inhabitants or pushed them towards Wales‚ Cornwall ans Scotland. Together with them a small group of Danes‚ called the Jutes‚ arrived in the south of Great Britain‚ together with the Anglo-Saxons‚
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focus of this article is on literature in the English language from anywhere‚ not just the literature of England‚ so that it includes writers from Scotland‚ the whole of Ireland‚ Wales‚ as well as literature in English from former British colonies‚ including the US. However‚ up until the early 19th century‚ it deals with the literature written in English of Britain and Ireland. English literature is generally seen as beginning with the epic poem Beowulf‚ that dates from between the 8th to the 11th centuries
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Chapter 1 What is Literature? A. What is Literature? Generally speaking‚ “literature” is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works‚ but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination‚ including works of poetry‚ drama‚ fiction‚ and nonfiction. Literature represents a people‚ culture‚ tradition and language. It shares great experiences. Through Literature‚ we can learn about poems‚ stories‚ and plays. When we discuss about
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Late Medieval Period 14th Century British Literature 14th and 15th were period of transition from feudalism to pre-industrial era. A time of political‚ social and ideological conflicts; England was in war with France (the hundred year war 1337-1453 Edward’s claim to the French throne and attempt to bring England‚ Gascony and Flanders under unified political control). The defeats in France lead to deepening the internal crisis. The decline in agriculture together with the rise in the population
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Latin Literature in History Greek literature was one of the numerous Greek accomplishments from which Romans drew immense influence. The Romans picked up first on the Greek embrace of rhetoric‚ which became an educational standard‚ given that a man’s rhetoric‚ his ability to "push the buttons" of the subject audience by way of speeches‚ supplemented the man’s rise to political power. But as rhetoric began to diminish from Roman daily life following Rome’s imperialization‚ identical
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Fayyaz Ahamed Professor Rashid Arabic 1A 27 November 2014 Literature throughout Arab and Islamic History The culture of Arabic-speaking people throughout history has been expressed greatly by the written word of the people‚ and to an almost equal degree‚ the spoken word. Even before the advent of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula‚ poetry was representative of the Arabic culture. As Islam spread across the Mediterranean and the world‚ great mathematicians and scientists wrote works‚ treatises‚ compilations
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HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Old English 496-1050 Middle English 1050-1500 Modern English 1500 onwards OLD ENGLISH Old English literature encompasses literature written in Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon)‚ during the 600-year Anglo-Saxon period of England‚ from the mid-5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. These works include genres such as epic poetry‚ hagiography‚ sermons‚ Bible translations‚ legal works‚ chronicles‚ riddles‚ and others. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from
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Chapter I: literature of the middle ages A. ANGLO- Saxon period (5th - 10th centuries) During the first five centuries of our era and long before that‚ Britain was inhabited by a people called Kelts‚ who lived in tribes. Britain’s history is considered to begin in the 5th century‚ when it was invaded from the Continent by the fighting tribes of Angles‚ Saxons and Jutes. At the very end of the 5th century they settled in Britain and began to call themselves English (after the principal tribe of
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Nathan Mejia Mrs. Kirwan ENG 3UL-05 13 December 2012 The Subjectivity of Literature and History “Even in literature and art‚ no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two pence how often it has been told before) you will‚ nine times out of ten‚ become original without ever having noticed it‚” (Clive S. Lewis) was once said by the famous novelist‚ broadcaster and scholar‚ Clive Staples Lewis. Although this legendary
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The diversity and richness of Philippine literature evolved side by side with the country’s history. This can best be appreciated in the context of the country’s pre-colonial cultural traditions and the socio-political histories of its colonial and contemporary traditions. During the Commonwealth Period‚ a new set of colonizers brought about new changes in Philippine literature. New literary forms such as free verse [in poetry]‚ the modern short story and the critical essay were introduced
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