ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

MIDDLE AGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
A
Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
B
Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
C
Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
D
Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Old French word romanz originally meant “the speech of the people, ” or “the vulgar tongue, ” from a popular Latin word, Romanice, meaning written in the vernacular, in contrast with the written form of literary Latin. Its meaning then shifted from the language in which the work was written to the work itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Litotes is Always a Form of Understatement Litotes is a form of understatement, the intentional presentation of something as smaller, worse, or lesser than it really is.

Detailed explanation-3: -a morality play. [The morality play, in which personified virtues and vices struggle for man’s soul, was popular in the fifteenth century.]

Detailed explanation-4: -Which period of English literature came first? The first historical period of English Literature is the Old English Period or The Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066). Hope you have a comprehensive understanding of the history of English literature through this blog.

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