ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The first manuscript is called the Junius manuscript (also known as the Caedmon manuscript), which is an illustrated poetic anthology. The second manuscript is called the Exeter Book, also an anthology, located in the Exeter Cathedral since it was donated there in the 11th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Anglo –Saxon Poetry There are two types of Old English poetry: the heroic, the sources of which are pre‐Christian Germanic myth, history, and custom; and the Christian.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anglo-Saxon pagan poetry was unwritten. It was divided into two groups: epic and lyric. The most important Pagan epic is Beowulf.

Detailed explanation-4: -Researchers believe that the earliest forms of poetry were sung and passed on as an oral history. These were often chants or prayers, but from the physical records left historical accounts, instructions for everyday activities, and fiction can be counted among the poems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Beowulf is a heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century CE and is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750.