2014 Honors English Mid-term #1 Review Guide
The Anglo-Saxon Period
What period in language history? – Old English Period
Inescapable fate =
Five Striking Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Literature
-Love of ______
-Responsiveness to ______
-Strong ______convictions
-Reverence for ______
-Devotion to ______
Scop = Gleeman =
Five Techniques of A-S Poetry
-Caesura/Martial Rhythmn –
-Alliteration/Consonance –
-Assonance –
-Parallelism –
-Kennings –
Beginnings of Anglo-Saxon Period
Names to Know
-Julius Caesar
-St. Patrick
-King Arthur
Ancient runic language =
Old English is an inflected language – explain term “inflected”
End of Anglo-Saxon Period – ______A.D. with the Norman Invasion
Winner of Battle of Hastings – ______defeated ______
______= poem that deals with practical emotional issues and is often religious
Definition of “Epic” poem =
Examples of Old English words still around today?
Beowulf
Author – unknown, but Christian
Setting =
Beowulf’s tribe =
King and Queen =
Mead Hall =
King’s best friend =
Beowulf’s swords =
Beowulf’s 3 challengers –
Beowulf’s successor –
The Seafarer
“The Dream of the Rood” – personifies the cross and the disciples of Jesus cover it in gold to make it a relic
Middle English Period
Morte D’arthur
Author =
Oral tradition =
Myth =
Transliteration =
Excalibur =
Sir Bedivere =
Avilion =
Arthur is a Christ figure = know three proofs
“The One and Future King”
Hermit =
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Author =
Setting =
King Arthur
Guinevere
Gawain
Green Knight - carries an ______and a ______
Green Knight’s challenge =
Romance =
Marvel =
The Sword in the Stone
Who is Arthur’s father?
Merlin
Ector
Kay
Medieval Period (1066-1611 A.D.)
Norman = people from ______Feudalism =
Code of Chivalry = know key concepts from Chivalry Code sheets
Magna Carta = Yeomen =
Black Death = bubonic plague, killed ______of English population
First English universities = ______& ______
Liberal Arts – grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music
Crusades bring advances – especially the ______number system
Oriental in literature means ______
Language of church and education =
Cultured and written language =
French poetic techniques – R______, S______, M______
Courtly love = a lover serves his lady, swears loyalty to her, and proves devotion by acts
Mystery/Miracle plays – taught people ______stories
Morality plays – ______themes in which actors portray ______qualities
Great Middle English Writers
-Geoffrey Chaucer – studied human nature
-John Wycliff – translated ______into everyday English
-Thomas Mallory -
William Caxton – brought ______to England
The Faerie Queene – one of greatest allegories in English language
Author – ______Author’s nickname = The ______of ______
Red Cross Knight = main character in our readingFaerie Queene/Gloriana = ______
Lady Una = ______Other traveling companion(s) = ______
Describe the Monster =
Levels of symbolism (at least three) =
Norse Mythology
Alfheim
Asgard
Balder
Bragi
Heimdall
Jotunheim
Loki
Midgard
Mjollnir
Norns
Odin/Woden
Poetic Edda
Ragnarok
Thor
Valhalla
Valkyries
Wyrd,
Yggdrasil
Graeco/Roman
Achilles
Aphrodite
Ares
Athena
Atlas
Bacchus
Cassandra
Cronus
Cupid
Dionysus
Eros
Fates
Gaia
Hades
Helen
Hephaestus
Hercules
Hermes
Hypnos
Mars
Medusa
Mercury
Morpheus
Muses
Narcissus
Nike
Nymphs
Pan
Pandora
Pegasus
Poseidon
Sirens
Styx
Titans
Vulcan
Zephyrs
Be Prepared for a couple questions on “summer” reading books – Cyrano & Wilde Fairy Tales!