Gelourwel Tocmo Ge 114 Bsmar-E 1 Antares Summer Ay2020-2021 1:00-3:00 PM MTWTH 9:00-10:00 Am F Jireh M. Lumayno Assessment 1 - English Literature

GELOURWEL TOCMO
GE 114 BSMar-E 1 Antares Summer AY2020-2021

1:00-3:00 pm MTWTh 9:00-10:00 am F Jireh M. Lumayno

ASSESSMENT 1 – ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. The study of literature written in the English language is referred to as English
literature.. The writers do not have to be from England; they can come from anywhere in
the world as long as the language used is English.
2. Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature, contains literature written in Old
English in Anglo-Saxon England. The Anglo-Saxon impacted English literature because
they brought with them a valuable oral tradition literature rooted in their traditions,
religious beliefs, and rites. They produced lyric and epic poetry on the challenges of life
and the value of bravery in heroism. It emphasized the obstacles and challenges that
the soldiers had to overcome before accomplishing their great deeds. The genres
present in most of the literary works during those periods are chronicles: a continuous
historical narrative of events organized in chronological sequence with no commentary
or interpretation, formulaic poetry: the use of hypothesis and theories in the verses of
the poem, and epic poem: a lengthy, narrative poem about heroic actions and events
related to the era. The language employed in their poems is harsh. Its language is brittle
and steely. As a result, the poetry is clumsy and unpolished. Versification is boring and
unnatural due to the frequent use of alliteration. The poems were gloomy and
depressing, since most of them dealt with Fate destroying Man and his achievements.
Their poetry complements verbosity — high-sounding words and long-winded
explanations and elaborations.
The Middle English era begins sometime after the Norman Conquest of England in
1066 (the Battle of Hastings); by the year 1300, the language may fairly be termed
“Middle.” While difficult to read for current English speakers, a Middle English book may
typically be understood without rigorous linguistic study, but there are nuances of
grammar and vocabulary that require thorough linguistic attention. The majority of the
writings were anonymous. The need for originality was not a key necessity for medieval
authors. Religious works were a sizable and important portion of medieval literature. In
medieval writing, the desire to pleasure is frequently combined with the desire to
instruct. Much of medieval literature was designed to be heard instead of being read.
Although medieval literary works lack the instant attraction of current writing, their
beauty cannot be dismissed on the basis of immaturity and simplicity.
The Renaissance Period is also known as the Elizabethan Period. The Elizabethan Age
relates to Elizabeth I's reign and is defined by robust intellectual thought, an age of
exploration and discovery, and a time when new ideas and fresh experiences were
searched for. The period revolutionized many aspects of English life, most significantly
literature. It was a time of discovery, when sailors journeyed far and wide and were
introduced to many new cultures and civilizations. All this impacted on the way people
thought. As it were, the world had been 'opened up' to them. It was the most brilliant in
the history of English literature. Literary works were marked by incredible power and
depth. It was also known as the Golden Age of Drama and the Flowering of Poetry. The
Elizabethan period saw a revival of the spirit of adventure and discovery, as well as a
renewed interest in old sources of information. This was a time of prolific writing and
tremendous literary inventiveness. The compositions covered a wide range of prose and
poetry subjects. Romance dominated all forms of writing, including theatre and plays,
which were extremely important at the period. This was a period of considerable
exploration, which resulted in magnificent new discoveries as well as terrible failures,
which frequently became literary subjects in both theater and prose. Poetry and
literature in general dealt with science, theology, and geography.
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Adhelm, Bishop of Sherborne. His most notable contribution was a metric treatise he
delivered to his good friend Aldfrith, King of Northumbria. It contains 100 aenigmata
(riddles) of Aldhelm's own discovery in Latin hexameters as examples.
Bede was a writer who wrote on history, astronomy, saints' biographies, and martyrs'
lives. His most famous work is his epic Ecclesiastical History of the English Race.
Alfred was a brilliant literary character as well as a great ruler. He is often recognized
as the father of English prose. One of his greatest works was the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicles.
Many believed that the author of the famous Deor’s Lament was named Deor, who
gave his name to a poetry that has no formal title.
Although the author of Beowulf remained unknown, it is one of the most famous
English epics and the only surviving epic from Anglo-Saxon period of English literature.

MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Bacon Roger is a philosopher and scientist from England. Bacon is a well-known
character in 13th-century scholastic philosophy. He was born in Somerset and had his
education in Oxford and Paris. He became a Franciscan after returning from Paris and
performed thorough exploratory studies in natural science, and in his Major work, he
focusses on all fields of knowledge present at the moment, including grammar and
logic, along with mathematics and moral philosophy.
William Caxton is a merchant and subsequently a writer that established the first
printing press in England. Caxton had been to Cologne a few years previously, where
he learnt the printing technique before returning to England through Belgium to be able
to apply it. aDuring his publishing career, he built his headquarters in Westminster and
produced more than 90 volumes of famous and amateur writers. Caxton himself created
several Latin and French translations. He is most known for his prefaces to his editions,
which provide intriguing evidence of literary attitudes in early sixteenth England. The
book "A Collection of the Histories of Troy" was his most renowned translation.
Geoffrey Chaucer is also referred to as the "Father of English Literature." Remarkable
in English literature before William Shakespeare, for whom the Canterbury Tales is
often regarded as one of the best works of English poetry.
Miles Coverdale is one of the most important Bible translators of the 16th century. He
was born in Yorkshire, went to Cambridge, and later became Bishop of Exeter. For
much of his life, he lived and worked in Germany, where he produced the first full
English Bible to be printed (1535) and collaborated on the Great Bible of 1539.

RENAISSANCE PERIOD
William Shakespeare was a well-known English poet, dramatist, and actor who was
born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. The birthdate of Shakespeare most often
commemorated on April 23, which coincidentally, the same as the date he is said to
have died in the year 1616. William Shakespeare is largely regarded as the greatest
playwright of all time, as well as the most important writer in English language history.
He coined hundreds of terms and phrases that are still used by English people today.
His Sonnets and the play Romeo and Juliet are still popular as of these days and are
often used in English subjects.
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English official, mercenary, diplomat, author, poet, traveler,
and wealthy nobleman. Raleigh was a notable explorer during Elizabeth I's reign. His
bravery and excellent beauty made him a favorite of the Queen, and she lavishly
rewarded him. Raleigh was also a poet and a scholar, although he is most known for
popularizing the addictive tobacco and the potato. His masterpiece was "The Nymph's
Reply to the Shepherd."
Actes and Monuments, authored by John Foxe, an English writer and martyrologist,
chronicles the stories of Christian victims across Western history, with an emphasis on
the 14th-century and Mary I's reign afflictions of English and proto-Protestants. His
most notable literary work was The Book of Martyrs.
Edmund Spenser was an English poet famous for his poem "The Faerie Queene, a
beautiful metaphor honoring Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudor dynasty. He is widely
recognized as among the most important creators of early Modern English verse, as
well as one of the best English poets.
Samuel Daniel was a late Elizabethan and early Jacobean English poet, dramatist, and
historian. He was a pioneer in a variety of literary genres. His intellectual understanding
of history is evident in both poem and prose. Though acclaimed as a lyric poet and
historian, Samuel Daniel's dramatic compositions have found few fans. His most
important literary work was "Musophilus."

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