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English Literature I

English Literature I. Ann Lewis August 29, 2006. Today’s Agenda. Handouts Some Important Dates Old English Period Middle English Period Medieval English*. Questions??. Do you have any questions about the first day handouts? The course? Life in general?. Important Dates.

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English Literature I

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  1. English Literature I Ann Lewis August 29, 2006

  2. Today’s Agenda • Handouts • Some Important Dates • Old English Period • Middle English Period • Medieval English*

  3. Questions?? • Do you have any questions about the first day handouts? • The course? • Life in general?

  4. Important Dates • 43-ca. 420: Roman invasion and occupation of Britain • ca. 450: Anglo-Saxon Conquest • 597: St. Augustine arrives in Kent, beginning of Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity

  5. Important Dates • 871-899: Reign of King Alfred • 1066: Norman Conquest • ca. 1200: Beginnings of Middle English literature

  6. Important Dates • 1360-1400: The summit of Middle English literature: • Geoffrey Chaucer • Piers Plowman • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  7. Important Dates • 1485: William Caxton’s printing of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur, one of the first books printed in England

  8. Europe

  9. Britain

  10. Old English Period • Up to the Norman Conquest • 1st-5th century: Roman ruled • ca. 450: Germanic invaders • Angles, Saxons, Jutes • “English” comes from Angles • Essex, Sussex, and Wessex

  11. Old English Period • Up to the Norman Conquest • Native “Britons” driven to hills of Wales by Anglo-Saxons • Christianity maintained in remote regions • Non-Literate under Anglo-Saxon rule

  12. Old English Period • Up to the Norman Conquest • 597: St. Augustine arrives and begins conversion--Bede • Danes attacked in 9th century but stopped by King Alfred, who united England for a time

  13. Old English Period • Old English Poetry • Oral • Later written on animal skins • Secular poetry was rare • Heroic culture and code • Poetic language, irony (4)

  14. Middle English Period • 1066-1485: After Norman Conquest • Middle English Literature: • Many “voices” • Addressed to many audiences

  15. Middle English Period • Normans: • Descendants of Germanic adventures who had seized northern France • Dukes of Normandy became “absentee” kings of England

  16. Beyond History Historical “stuff” is great – but now let’s look at the HUMAN side: • Housing • Clothing • Food • Work • Family Life

  17. The code of chivalry http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/chivalry.html

  18. Food and drink http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales14.htm

  19. Medieval Life Web Links: http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/sg/quinte/mediaeval_times.htm http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

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