ANGLOSAXONS LITERATURE
until 11th century
works of clerks
wrote down the oral thing
oral literature
recited an official bard
who entratein the nobel men in the hall
very important
bards
common cultural identity
lines
from mounth to mounth
important aspect
other imporatnts features
poetry
compositions
two complentaries modes
epic
elegiac
anonymus
amanuensis wrote this down
poetry
alliteration
stress
divided
two halves
repetition of the same conosnant sound
very musical
stock sentences or formula
stress and alliteretion
no musical but help to memorize the poem
kennings
easy to rember ->frequency
a sort of riddle
riddles
frequent occurence of words
king
warriors
hero
familiar things in an unfamiliar way
first person speaker
prose
relationship between men and women
no popular
knowledge of latin
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
record events
English to Christianity up to 1154