Old English Literature 
British invasions 690 AD 🚩
Anglo-Saxons invasions
Gradual occupation by Germanic
tribes - Angles, Jutes and Saxons
Preferred
agricultural life
End of the sixth century, the Anglo-Saxons accepted Christianityafter Pope Gregory sent Saint Augustine to Britain in 597 AD
End of the eighth century the Vikings invaded British
Easily overcame the local inhabitants, and plundered their estates.
Mixing of several
races, tongues and cultures
The very first version on English was know has Old English
Old English Literature 💥
Charms
Riddles
Prose
Proverbs
Wisdom Sayings
maxims
Old English Poetry 💥
Traits ⭐ ⭐
Based
on historical events
✏
Generally Battles
The Battle of Maldon" and
"The Battle of Brunanburh".
works depict Anglo-Saxon resistance against the Vikings.
✏Lament and melancholy are frequently present in describing man's struggles against his environment, life's difficulties, and the passage of time.
Prologue and epilogue express hope in God's compassion and
mercy
Poems include "The Wanderer", "The Seafarer" and
"The Ruin".
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Other poems depict the separation of a man and a woman and the
accompanying sadness, such as in "The Wife's Lament" and "The Husband's
Message".
Beowulf
Typical Old English Verse
The work glorifies a hero and the values of bravery and generosity
Beowulf is an epic poem of over 3,000 verses
Incorporates both pagan and
Christian ideas
sometimes seen as a conflict between good and evil.
Caedmon - a 7th-Century Poet
set in Scandinavia around 500-600 AD - a time of battles and conquests
by Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes in Denmark and southern Sweden
One of the religious writers of the time
based
Mainly on the Old Testament
The storys narrate the Exodus and Daniel with Nebuchadnezzar
Cynewulf- a 9th-Century Poet
His theme is the continuing evangelical mission of the church from the time of Christ
Drew on the New Testament, as
well as historical events connected with Christianity
Produced literature mixing Oriental,
pagan, and Christian thought with images from nature and the animal world.
OLD ENGLISH PROSE 🔥
It was influenced by Latin
It consisted of factual, historical, and religious writings.
Works ⭐
King Alfred's Works
Later Annals and Religious Writings
Aelfric and Wulfstan
poetry about victories over the
Vikings
contains both prose and poetry.
loosely imitated the rhythms
of Old English poetry
wrote three cycles of forty homilies each
compiled medical information, annals, chronicles, and information for law books
He translated many works from Latin
OLD ENGLISH DRAMA 🔥
Scenes that monks acted out in
churches to illustrate Bible stories.
Catholic
controlled literature art
Early drama ✅
classic Greek and Latin drama
Folk plays based on
ancient nature culls
and pagan traditions;
: ✏ Epic heroic poems, which drew on the
Bible as well as on pagan sources for their content