LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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There is no firm concept of when English literature began.
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The epic poem is written in a language that is unrecognizable to many English speakers.
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Danish and German scholars first claimed the poem.
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There are no English characters in the poem.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beowulf’s original text was written in Old English, which was the language of the Anglo-Saxons, ancestors of the modern English.
Detailed explanation-2: -Though it is a traditional story-part of a Germanic oral tradition-the poem as we have it is thought to be the work of a single poet. It was composed in England (not in Scandinavia) and is historical in its perspective, recording the values and culture of a bygone era.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most distinguishing feature of Old English poetry is its alliterative verse style. The Anglo-Latin verse tradition in early medieval England was accompanied by discourses on Latin prosody, which were ‘rules’ or guidance for writers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the most important works from this period include the poem Beowulf, which has achieved national epic status in Britain. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of early English history. The poem Cædmon’s Hymn from the 7th century is one of the oldest surviving written texts in English.