ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Church Literature was written in ____
A
Latin
B
French
C
English
D
English and French
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -St Jerome translated the Bible into Latin in the 4th century, producing an edition known as the Vulgate. This led to the increased use of Latin by the Church Fathers of the 4th century, including Ambrose, and St Augustine of Hippo.

Detailed explanation-2: -The use of Latin in the Church started in the late fourth century with the split of the Roman Empire after Emperor Theodosius in 395. Before this split, Greek was the primary language of the Church as well as the language of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Etymologically, the term derives from Latin literatura/litteratura “learning, a writing, grammar, ” originally “writing formed with letters, ” from litera/littera “letter".

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oldest Surviving Manuscript of Latin Poetry Was Discovered in Qasr Ibrim. Qasr Ibrim; Papyrus with Elgiacs by Corenius Gallus. as well as Ovid. Yet his literary reputation is entirely based on heresay since until the late 20th century only one pentameter of his had survived.

Detailed explanation-5: -Quintus Ennius (239-169 B.C.) was a Roman poet. Called the father of Latin poetry, he is most famous for his “Annales, ” a narrative poem relating the history of Rome. Ennius was born at Rudiae in Calabria.

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