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THE OLD ENGLISH
PERIODE .
BACKROUND
• The Anglo-Saxon period (450-1066 AD) saw the • In the Middle Ages, Anglo-Saxons in England
historical influence of the Germanic Anglo- developed English literature using Latin
Saxons in England. English literature emerged writings and Anglo-Norman (a language from
from the mid-7th century, initially stigmatized, France). This Norman English, along with
featuring Old English works like epic poetry and Latin, created more flexible linguistic tools.
sermons with around 400 preserved manuscripts. Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare
Over time, English literature absorbed European played key roles in utilizing and innovating this
influences, including intellectualism, language.
structuralism, and deconstruction.
CHARACTERISTICS
• POETRY • RELEGION VERSE
Old English poetry is typically written in a single metre, consisting Old English poems, like Caedmon’s “Hymn” and King
of a four-stress line with a caesura and alliteration. Alfred’s works, face challenges in precise dating. While
historical poems such as “The Battle of Brunanburh” and “The
• THE MAJOR MANUSCRIPTS
Battle of Maldon” are anchored by event dates, many others
Old English poetry is primarily preserved in four manuscripts from lack clear indications.
the late 10th and early 11th centuries: the Beowulf Manuscript
• ELEGIAC AND HEROIC VERSE
with Beowulf, Judith, and prose tracts.
Old English elegies, like “The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer,”
• PROBLEM OF DATING
lament the loss of worldly goods and human companionship,
Old English poems, like Caedmon’s “Hymn” and King Alfred’s expressing spiritual yearnings.
works, face challenges in precise dating. While historical poems
such as “The Battle of Brunanburh” and “The Battle of Maldon” are
anchored by event dates, many others lack clear indications.
The earliest English prose work, the law code of King Aethelberht I of Kent, was written
PROSE shortly after St. Augustine’s arrival in England in 596. Other 7th- and 8th-century prose,
including more laws, wills, and charters, are practical in character.
• EARLY TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH.

The earliest literary prose in English dates back to the late 9th century when King Alfred led a program to translate essential books
into English.
• LATE 10th- AND 11th-CENTAURY PROSE.

The earliest literary prose in English dates back to the late 9th century when King Alfred led a program to translate essential books
into English.
• SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND TEXTS.

Scholars have limited knowledge about Old English writers, often relying on fragmentary manuscripts.Some notable writers and texts
from this era are highlighted.
• NOTABLE OLD ENGLISH WRITERS .

Anglo-Saxon theologian Bede and poet Cynewulf are notable Old English writers, known for their historical events dating back to
Christ's birth and providing insight into their era through their works and other notable works.
FAMOUSE PEOPLE
• Aelfric. (fl. C. 955-c. 1025, probably Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Eng.)
Aelfric was an Anglo-Saxon prose writer, considered the greatest of his time. He wrote both to instruct the monks and to
spread the learning of the 10th-century monastic revival.
• Cadmon. (fl. 658-680).

Caedmon was the first Old English Christian poet. His fragmentary hymn to the creation remains a symbol of the adaptation
of the aristocratic-heroic Anglo-Saxon verse tradition to the expression of Christian themes.
• Cynewulf. (fl. 9'" century ad, Northumbria or Mercia [now in England]).

Cynewulf, whose name is sometimes spelled Cynwulf or Kynewulf, is considered the author of four Old English poems
preserved in late 10"-century manuscripts. Elene and The Fates of the Apostles are in the Vercelli Book, and The Ascension
(which forms the second part of a trilogy, Christ, and is also called Christ II) and Juliana are in the Exeter Book.
• Saint bede the venerable. Saint Bede the Venerable(b. 672/673, traditionally Monkton in Jarrow,
Northumbria now inEngland].
Saint Bede the Venerable, an Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian, is renowned for his "Ecclesiastical History of the
English People," a crucial source on the Anglo-Saxon tribes conversion to Christianity.
NOTABLE OLD ENGLISH TEXTS
Beowulf, the most significant Old English literary work, tells the tale of prince Beowulf and
Grendel, a monster that remains a popular story, translated into modern English by Seamus
Heaney.
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a vital compilation of seven interconnected manuscript
records, stands as the primary source for early English history, covering events in both Anglo -Saxon and Norman
England.
Example of works
• The battle of Brunanburh. • “Deor”

The Battle of Brunanburh is a poem in Old English consisting Deor is an Old English heroic poem by scop Deor, one of two
of 73 lines, recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 937. surviving poems with a refrain. The poem recounts five
Germanic legends' sufferings, ending with the refrain "That
• The battle of Maldon. trouble passed; so can this.“
The Battle of Maldon" is an Old English heroic poem narrating
a historical battle between the East Saxons and Viking • The dream of the rood
invaders, particularly from Norway, in the year 991. The Dream of the Rood is an Old English lyric, the earliest
• Bowulf. dream poem and one of the finest religious poems in the
English language. The poem tells the story of the rood, the
The heroic poem Beowulf is the pinnacle of Old English cross on which Christ died.
literature and the oldest European vernacular epic. Copied in
the Cotton Vitellius A XV manuscript around the year 1000, it • The exster book
recounts events from the early 6th century and is estimated to The Exeter Book is the largest extant collection of Old English
have been written between 700 and 750 AD. poetry, dating back to 975.
• “The husband’s Massange”.
The Husband's Message is an Anglo-Saxon love lyric preserved in the Exeter Book.
• The junius manuscript.

The Junius Manuscript is a collection of Old English scriptural paraphrases, including poems Genesis, Exodus,
Daniel, and Christ and Satan. Originally attributed to Caedmon, the manuscript was first published in 1655.
• The Vercelli book.

The Vercelli Book is an Old English manuscript from the late 10th century, containing texts of poems, homilies,
and a prose life of St. Guthlac.
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1). MUHAMAD NOPI RAMADAN: 223020201095

• POETRY • RELEGION VERSE

• EARLY TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH.

• LATE 10th- AND 11th-CENTAURY PROSE.

• SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND TEXTS.

• NOTABLE OLD ENGLISH WRITERS .

• Cadmon. (fl. 658-680).

• Cynewulf. (fl. 9'" century ad, Northumbria or Mercia [now in England]).

• The battle of Brunanburh. • “Deor”

• The junius manuscript.

• The Vercelli book.

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