ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Among those few is the great epic poem “Beowulf. It is the oldest known English epic poem, the foundation stone of the British poetry. It is the greatest piece of literature of the Anglo-Saxons. It possesses all the features typical of folklore.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beowulf is an epic poem that is both one of the most important works in English literature, and a great adventure story. While it is set in Scandinavia in the early sixth century, the poem was composed in England somewhere between the seventh and the end of the tenth century.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -It is an epic narrative poem. Epic poetry is a long narrative poem written in an elevated style and It celebrates the deed of a legendary hero or god.

Detailed explanation-5: -The scholar Gregor Sarrazin suggested that the name Beowulf derived from a mistranslation of Böðvarr with-varr interpreted as vargr meaning “wolf".