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British Literature through Time

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• British Literature through Time
• Anglo-Saxon
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Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period

Years: 449-1066

Content: 

Ø       strong belief in fate

Ø       juxtaposition of church and pagan worlds

Ø       admiration of heroic warriors who prevail in battle

Ø       express religious faith and give moral instruction through literature    

Style/Genres:

Ø       oral tradition of  literature

Ø       poetry dominant genre

Ø       unique verse form

·  caesura

·  alliteration

·  repetition

·  4 beat rhythm

Effect:

Ø       Christianity helps literacy to spread

Ø       introduces Roman alphabet to Britain

Ø       oral tradition helps unite diverse peoples and their myths

Historical Context:

Ø       life centered around ancestral tribes or clans that ruled themselves

Ø       at first the people were warriors from invading outlying areas: Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and  Danes

Ø       later they were agricultural

Key Literature/Authors:

Ø       Beowulf

Ø       Bede

Ø       Exeter Book

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