Old English Periods - Anglo Saxon Period, wiki, intro,age and periods

The old English literature is also known as Anglo-Saxon period. Literally , it is considered as beginning of English literature. As , it began from probably mid 5th century. The periods of old English Literature was 600A.D to 1100 A.D. Old English didn't have its manuscript form. It was found in spoken form. Primarily, Anglo-Saxon was the earliest form of English , that was broadly outspoken by people.After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced , for a time, as the language of the upper classes by Anglo-norman, a relative of French. Basically, this is regarded as the end of  the old English but period was now heavily influenced by Anglo-norman.

Old English poetry and poet:::::

Beowlf, one of the old English poetry and the greatest poetry ever of English literature. It was written in 7th century and the name of the author is still unknown.It is a story about the heroic adventures of a hero, Beowulf, in about 3000 lines. The story takes place in Denmark. Beowulf was a young warrior form southern Sweden who went to Denmark to help King Hrothgar. Hrothgar’s great hall, Heorot, was troubled by a lake monster called Grendel. Beowulf fought with Grendel bare handed and killed it. Grendel’s mother came to take revenge, but Beowulf killed her in her home in a lake.

Later, Beowulf became the king and ruled his country peacefully for fifty years.

English literature and Christianity , both are connected term. The impact of Christianity is visible in the creation old English poetry. Many of the Old English poems are related to religion and the Bible. Genesis A and Genesis B are related to the creation of the world and the fall of the angels. Exodus and Daniel are related to the Bible stories. Christ and Satan deal with events in Christ’s life. Other Old English poems are Andreas and Guthlac. The second of these is in two parts, and may have been written by two men. Guthlac was a holy man who was tempted in the desert. Another of the better poems is The Dream of the Rood (the rood in Christ's cross) is considered as one of the best English poems.there are many poem in old English. One of the better one is the battle of maldon.

There are many poets of old English literature but Caedmon and Cynewulf are the two important old English poets. Cynewulfs poems are religious and we're written in 8th century. He wrote Juliana, The fate of the Apostles, Christ and Elene.

old English prose ::

This period has witnessed the development of poetry earlier and the development of prose started in late section of this period. The development of prose in England was subsequently beacuse of christianization.The oldest examples of Old English prose are Laws written at the beginning of the seventh century and Anglo Saxon Chronicle, which is a collection of the early history of the country. King Alfred was an important prose writer of Old English. He gave a great contribution to the development of old English prose. He brought learning in England, and educated the people after he translated a number of Latin books into English. Another important prose writer was Aelfric, the writer of Homilies and Lives of Saints. His works were mostly religious. His style is known as the best because he uses alliteration to join his sentences together. As it was the beginning of English literature , most of the development comes in later part of the era. But still, there are many things we have been witnessed in old literature .Adshttp://viral481.com/srv.html?id=1956361&pub=813743