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MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (700-1480)
INTRODUCTION
O.E. ---> M.E (NORMAN INVASION)
AND
AND
NORTON
"THE LITERATURE THAT ANGLO-SAXON INVADERS BROUGHT TO ENGLAND BASED ON A TRADITION OF ORAL POETRY, NOT BASED ON ANY WRITTEN PIECE".
--> MANUSCRIPTS
CHARACTERISTICS
SAME
TOLD AND TOLD AGAIN
VARIATIONS
DUE TO
MULTIPLE
LACK OF UNITY--> EPISODIC
INCONSISTENCIES OF
CAEDMON
CYNEWULF
TRADITIONAL
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
HEROIC, SUPERNATURAL, MYSTIC.
BEOWULF
GREAT DEEDS
WRITTEN IN 1000 IN SAXON DIALECT
POOR IMAGINERY
DIALOGUE AND ACTION
"LEAPING AND LINGERING"
BEGINNINGS
REFRAINS AND REPETITIONS
ADEQUATE FOR
THEMES: COMM. LIFE
LOCAL, NATIONAL, LEGEND AND FOLKLORE
QUATRAIN abcb
ROMANCE
1ST
2ND
POETS
SINGERS
NEED OF ENTERTAINMENT
COURTLY WORLD OF CHIVALRY
HEROIC EPIC
WAR
KNIGHTLY QUESTS, TOURNAMENTS, MAGIC, MONSTERS.
CHARLEMAGNE
CLASSICAL TALES
O.E TEXTS
CHRISTIANITY
PREVIOUS TIME WITH CHRISTIAN TONE
EXTANT POETRY
JUNIUS XI
THE EXETER BOOK
COTTON VITELLIUS
THE VERCELLI BOOK
2 NAMED POETS
CYNEWULF
1ST WITH WORK ASSIGNED
ORIGINALS IN LATIN WITH POETIC ALTERNATIVES
CAEDMON
1ST NAMED POET
CHRISTIAM THEME IN GERMANIC STYLE
CAEDMON'S HYMN
BEOWULF
HEROIC NARRATIVE
SCANDINAVIAN PRINCE
NOT
O.E. SCOP
GERMANIC POETIC TRADITION
CHRISTIAN POET, PAGAN GERMANIC HEROES
2 SOUTH-SCANDINAVIAN TRIBES
DANES
GEATS
WHAT'S DIFFERENT?
MAGNIFICENCE OF LANGUAGE
ALL-PERVASIVE ARTISTRY
