The Evolution of English Literature: From the Medieval Period to the Renaissance, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga The Evolution of English Literature: From the Medieval Period to the Renaissance y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! EARLY PERIODS OF LITERATURE A-.THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD Is a period that lasted several centuries, between the centuries 5th and 15th. The English literature is continuation of a oral tradition The British unknown the way of the text before to begin the thirteenth Century. 1-. The old English (ANGLO-SAXON) period S.V- X: It’s the so-called “Dark Ages”: Occur when the fall of Rome and barbarian tribes move into Europe he first words in English, written in a dialect known as Anglo-Saxon Old English: Beowulf. This is written in vernacular language in contrast with many parts of Europe that spoke latin. 2-. The middle English Period (second half of the twelfth century to the second half of the fifteenth Century): This period lasted 1066-1154 Norman Period In 1066 Norman French armies (the invaders were of origin scandinavians, generally Danish) invade and conquer England in the decisive Battle of Hastings was the confrontation between the troops of the last Anglo- Saxon king of England, Harold the Saxon, and the army of the Duke of Normandy, William I (William the conqueror) 8 hours of very hard battle ended with the death of Harold and his opponent became the owner of the island . After the war in 1066 begins the middle English period . French influence changed an important part of the grammar and vocabulary of Old English. The Normans brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of the royal court, and the ruling classes and business. For a period there was a kind of linguistic class division, where the lower classes spoke English and the upper classes spoke French. The Plantagenet period (1154- 1485) In the 14th century English became dominant in Britain again, but with many French words added. This language is called Middle English. It was the language of the great poet Chaucer. This state of English in the twelfth century and which gave way to modern English shortly after of the introduction of printing at the end of the fifteenth Century. After the Normans ruled the Plantagenet dynasty (1154- 1485): the First House of Anjou. Late or High Medieval Period comprising the 14th to the beyond the second half of the fifteenth century. This period is marked by the Middle English writings of George Chaucer. Although it became a Romance language, the English of Chaucer is more similar to current language that was spoken in England a century earlier. Other writes belonging to other countries: Italian as Dante, Bocaccio. French: Christine de Pisan. . This epoch preceded the start of the early modern era the ideals of courtly love came to England and began writing romances authors, both in verse and prose. They were especially popular issues with King Arthur and his court. S. XIV: war and illness: the most virulent epidemic of the bubonic plague (=peste bucónica). The Black Death swpet (arrasó) all Europe consequences: high prices and scarcity of labor Consequences: the were a popular uprising known as: peasan’s revolt. *C: - Many works unknown its author, these works are anonymous.