Literature Flashcards
Welk jaar was old English literature
600-1066
When did the Angles Saxons and Jutes came to England?
In the fifth century
Wie waren er voor de Angles, saxons and Jutes?
The Romans
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry
3
Without ryhme
In alliterative verse
Easy to memorise
What is an epic poem?
An poem which discribes the brave deeds of a great hero
What is one of the greatest epic poems?
Beowulf
When was beowulf written?
First half of the 8th century
Characteristics beowulf
It is a story about 3000 lines in Old English.
Author is unknown.
It tells us the fierce (krachtig) fights and brave deeds of the hero (beowulf).
What’s Beowulf about?
There is a palace in denmark whis is frequently visited by a terrifying monster. De monster steelt edelen van de koning. Beowulf wilt de koning helpen. Beowulf doodt de monster en de moeder van de monster. Beowulf wordt koning in zweden. Na jaren wordt beowulf gedood door een draak.
Why is the Anglo saxon chronicle so important?
Het geeft ons veel informatie over de tijd van toen tot 1066
Why was King alfred regarded as ‘the father of old english prose’
Vanwege de vele vertalingen die hij maakte
Middle English literature tijd?
1066-1500
What happened in 1066?
The Normans under their leader wiliam the concueror defeated the Anglo-Saxons and occupied England.
Which genres were important in the middle English literature?
- the romances
- the ballad
- medieval drama
What are the main characteristics of the romance in England?
- its a story about the brave deeds of a hero
- hoofse liefde (courtly love)
- there is often a quest theme (zoektocht)
- supernaturel occurences (gebeurtenissen)
Waar gaan de meeste romances over?
Koning Arthur en zijn ridders van de ronde tafel. Deze verhalen waren een inspiratiebron vior vele schrijvers.
The romances were the literature of the upper classes
True or false
True
The common people had the …
Folk ballads
What were ballads?
Simple narrative songs, with lots of repititions (herhalingen) and often a refrain.
Who was the greatest poet of the the middle english period?
Geoffrey Chaucher
Whats the canterbury tales about and who wrote it?
Geoffrey Chaucher
- its a collection of stories which are united by a central incident
Characteristics medieval drama
Religieus
Over bijbel en christendim enzo
Wat zijn de vier kenmerken van de renaissance?
- momento mori
- carpe dien
- individual person became important
- rebirth of interest in classical culture and literature
Whats a sonnet and what are the characteristics
A poem of 14 lines
Lyrical ( its an expression of emotion)
Metaphor
What was the first gothic novel?
Frankenstein
Which genre was new at the age of reason?
Emotional poetry
Characteristics of the novel?
- story in prose
- the story is fictitious (fictief) (verzonnen)
- there is a plot
- the story creates the impression of reality
- there is an interest in character
Whats a prose?
Niet rijmend stuk tekst normaal tekst gwn
De romantiek welke tijdsperk
1798-1830
Kenmerken van de romantiek
- imagination instead of reason (verbeelding)
- a new communication with nature
- escape from the visible reality
- interest in ordinary people, children and animals
- shift from social man to individual man
The victorian age welke tijd
1830- 1900
Kenmerken the victorian age
Mensen geloofden niet meer dat God alles bepaalde in het universum
Door wie is the origin of species geschreven en wanneer
Darwin
1859
