ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Medieval Literary Period (455 CE-1485 CE): Poetry The Medieval literary period can be broken down into two distinct periods: Old English (428-1066 CE) and Middle English (1066-1450 CE) Periods. Themes often included Christianity, chivalry, and mans achievement-real or imagined.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English became widespread and the printing press regularized the language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Poems during the medieval era were religious in nature and written by clerics. They were used mostly in church and other religious events. Medieval poems were mainly read by minstrels. According to scholars, literature in the Middle Ages was international rather than local.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among the best known of the many genres that arose in medieval vernacular literatures were the romance and the courtly love lyric, both of which combined elements from popular oral traditions with those of more scholarly or refined literature and both derived largely from France.