British Literature Chapter 2

Community

the greatest buffer against many of these ills

Bede

Wrote The Ecclesiastical History of the English People

Hagiography

biographies of saints

Unity of Ideas

ensures a poem’s main idea is clear

Unity of imagery

provides emphasis and attractive symmetry

Progression

signifies that a poem develops its ideas in a way that develops logically and coherently

Anglo-Saxon Riddles

a form of guessing game present in most cultures’ folklore since ancient times in which a speaker presents a series of images or scenarios describing a person, place, object, or event

Medieval Songs

one of the most common forms of literature in medieval culture was song lyrics

Folk Ballads

narrative poems of folk origin, intended to be sung and consisting of simple stanzas usually with a refrain

Refrain

a line, part of a line, or group of lines repeated throughout a poem

Ballad Stanzas

quatrains; the first and third lines contain our stresses and no rhyme while the second and fourth have three stresses as well as rhyme

Folk Ballads

must be a narrative

Julian of Norwich

First women to write a book in English; given name is unknown

Devotional Literature

main purpose is not to expound doctrines, but to encourage individuals to deepen their devotion to God

Imagery

descriptions based on sense perceptions

Signal words

verbal cues that guide the reader through the writer’s train of thought

Ecclesiastical History

What worked to preserve English’s identity

Riddles, ballads, songs

What 3 popular genres tended to create shared experiences

Dramas

What filled both functions of affirming cultural identity and strengthening a sense of community bonds

Revelations of Divine Love

What helped strengthen the literature’s community’s worldview

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People

What did Bede wrote

Unity and progression

What are the two principles of aesthetics

Emphasis and attractive symmetry

What does Unity of imagery provide

Creation

What is Caedmon's hymn purpose

Anonymous

What is the author or speaker of popular genres

Brief and concentrated

What 2 characteristics are genres

Repetition

What did popular genres use

Anchoress

What was Julian of Norwich referred to as

Clothing and hazel nut

What are the images of Revelations of divine love

Liturgical drama

What did the church began using to each its mostly illiterate flock

Liturgical Drama

short scene of key biblical or historical Church events acted out with very little dialogue

Miracle Play

portrayed stories about the lives of saints

Mystery Play

cycles of short plays depicting Biblical stories and meant to be performed together

Morality Play

told allegorical stories representing a spiritual theme or truth

Farce

a type of broad, highly exaggerated comedy

Saints

What did miracle play portrayed stories about who’s life

Biblical stories

What did Mystery play depict

Allegorical

What stories did Morality Plays tell

Pageant wagon

What movable stage was each play enacted on