Biritsh Literature Flashcards
In the Seafarer, where is Home?
The Mead Hall was home where the Warriors and Lords ate and drank.
What was the Seafair lamenting about it
His loss of kinsman and friends but mainly laments about the passing of time and that everyone is gone
What are three threats of fate in the Seafarer
Illness, age and enemies sword
In the wanderer why does his lament?
He is lamenting about the loss of his Lord, friends, and comrades
In the wanderer, what is his gift
Fortune of exile
In the wanderer, how do you describe a wise man
A wise man is patient, not swift to anger, not Hasty in speech, not weak, not reckless in war, neither faithful nor fane, not wishful of wealth, not eager to vow, a brave man must wait
In Beowulf, what makes Grendel growl in pain
Music and good times
What did they beowulf have on their heads
Boar heads
What is caesura
A break in aline. Four strong beats followed by four other beats for a total of eight beats.
What is a Kenning
Two word noun that names and describes to give color.
What is an assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is alliteration
Repetition of initial or constant sounds at the beginning of words
What is an elegy
A poem that is mourning the passing or death of something
What is a biblical allusion
A reference to the Bible
What is an epic
It is a long poem or story telling of a hero and his accomplishments. It also carries cultural characteristics of the group of people it comes from
What is a scops
It is a minstrel that travels the country side singing stories. Entertainment of that era
What is a legendary hero
A larger than life character who is courageous, loyal, brave, honest, strong, and has dignity. His accomplishments are celebrated
When was the first invasion and who did it
It happened in 800 to 600 BC
The Celts from southern Europe invaded
Two groups came: the Brythons from France and the gaels from Ireland.
When was the second invasion and what happened.
It was in 55 BC
The Romans invaded under Julius Caesar who conquered much land
100 years later then visit again. They rode Britannia for 300 years
They brought language, roads, and towns
In ADA 407, the Romans left to defend the city of Rome
What happened in the third invasion
The britons were farmers and not warriors because they had Rome for their defense.
Anglo-Saxons invaded and the Britons accepted them peacefully because the Anglo-Saxons would protect them
Who was Alfred the great
He was a national hero, he was the able warrior and statesman king of Wessex.
He preserved pre-Danish civilization.
He encourage learning and education.
He required all freeman for learning and literacy and he learned the Latin and translated much of Latin to English and he loved poetry.
When was the end of the Anglo-Saxon.
1066 at the battle of Hastings.
What are two categories that Anglo-Saxon poetry comes in
- Heroic with Beowulf recounting the virtues of his hero.
2. Elegiac- lamentations usually of death or last past.
How was Scandinavian/Celtic folk literature done.
There was no books.
All in chants and had strong religious elements.
They were reciting of stories which are in poetic form and done at ceremonial occasions.
