ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture : English 1C06 T1
Document Summary
- introduction to course and materials ! English 1c06 - a history of english literature! Canon = works of literature that have become accepted (great works) ! What"s accepted, and not about literature (eng. ) Cultural issues -> critical perspectives relative to them ! Medieval romance = re-treatment of serious literature (latin) -> comical ! Strange literature = things we can"t explain * ! Beowulf -> one manuscript in the entire world = written texts were not the norm, originally poetry = oral form ! 1066 - libraries burnt down av. of 6 times! Mac website - beowulf (volume a) ! Romance = roman (not latin, vernacular) (not love) ! Beowulf in the context of the anglo-saxon culture ! Favorite parts of literature were read in medieval times ! People didn"t read this poem -> copied it for ref. Copied within a religious house * !