LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Monks memorized many passages of scripture, preserving scriptures.
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Scops recited poems to noble audiences, preserving the stories and poetic tradition.
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Thegns were nobles who liked literature, and their patronage made poets popular.
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Anchoresses recited poems to occupy their time alone in their cells.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oral literature serves to communicate ideas, emotions, beliefs and appreciation of life. This literature defines, interprets, and elaborates on the society’s vision of reality and the dangers in the world. It deals with the human adventure and achievements against odds.
Detailed explanation-2: -A scop (/ʃɒp/ or /skɒp/) was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that “skald” was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the most part, to designate oral poets within Old English literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scops were important in Anglo-Saxon society because they orally recorded historical events, forming reputations, both good and poor, for anyone to hear. It was an honor, though, to have a scop sing in one’s praise or lament one’s death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most important genre of literature to come out of the oral tradition is the epic, a long poem about heroes, gods, and important historical events. Most cultures have some form of epic, from The Iliad in ancient Greece to The Ramayana in India.