ENGL 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Biblical Poetry, Estates Of The Realm, Dream Vision
19 Jan 2017
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To do: create list and write in hand definitions. Avoid going off topic and being too general. To do: identify and read texts missed out before. To do: brainstorm ideas other than final paper topic + texts. Manuscript culture: eng lit written in the margins of latin text, religious notions, scribes have a lot of authority, took a lot of effort to produce. Warrior culture: a man of higher social ranking fights for his lord for booty. Werguild: (words mean: man + gold) price for crimes of death. Dream vision: religious authority communicates to the dreamer dreamer communicates to community. Alfred the great: king of wessex, prolific battles against vikings, development of english and its significance + rules for english language, continued christianity (english for religious justification) Half lines: old english literary term-- stand on their own, 2 stresses/lift per half line. Kenning: compounding but beyond the literal in a creative/metaphorical way.
