english literature course: pre-renaissance to the 15th century

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pre-renaissance period in english literature lecturer: madina madiyeva in the 14th century the norman kings made london their residence. it became the most inhabited and busy town in england. (the london dialect was the central dialect, and could be understood throughout the country). even peasants (dehqon) who wished to get free of their masters went to london. but the life in the country was miserable especially with the so-called hundred years’ war flamed by king edward against france. there was another burden (yuk) on people’s shoulders – rich foreign bishops (episkop)of the catholic church, who did not care of people’s sufferings. the protest against the catholic сhurch and the growth of national feeling during the first years of the war found the reflection in literature. there appeared poor priests (ruxoniy) who wandered (aylanib yurmoq) from one village to another and talked to the people. they protested not only against rich …

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, a peasant. piers tells him about the hard life of the people. he sees the corruption of wealth, and the inadequacies of government. to him, the only salvation lies in honest labour and in the service of christ. if langland were not a mystic, he would have been a revolutionary. he is the nearest approach to dante in english poetry, for despite his roughness, and the bleak atmosphere of much of his work, he has written the greatest poem in english devoted to the christian way of life. but modern poetry begins with one of the most prominent people of the middle english period – geoffrey chaucer, diplomat, soldier and scholar. geoffrey chaucer (1340 - 1400) geoffrey chaucer is listed by most scholars as one of the three greatest poets in english literature (along with william shakespeare and john milton). he was born in london. his father, john chaucer, …

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ucer was sent to genoa to arrange a commercial treaty. in italy he became acquainted with italian life and culture, with the classical authors and with the newer italian works of dante and petrarch, with the tales of boccaccio. in chaucer’s own writing, the french models of his earliest years gave way to this italian influence. to the italian period can be assigned “the house of fame”, a didactic poem; “the parliament of fowls” (birds), an allegorical poem satirizing parliament; “troilus and criseyda”, which is considered to be the predecessor of the psychological novel in england, and “the legend of good women”, a dream- poem. the english period. after his return to london, chaucer became a customs official at the port of london. he gave up his job in 1386, and began composing his masterpiece “the canterbury tales”, but it remained unfinished. he died in 1400 and was buried in …

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managed only twenty-four, some of them were not completed. the individual stories are of many kinds: religious stories, legends, fables, fairy tales, sermons (va’zlar), and courtly romances (saroy romanslari). short story writers in the following centuries learned much about their craft from geoffrey chaucer. in “canterbury tales” chaucer introduced a rhythmic pattern called iambic pentameter into english poetry. this pattern, or meter, consists of 10 syllables alternately unaccented and accented in each line. the lines may or may not rhyme. iambic pentameter became a widely used meter in english poetry. chaucer’s contribution to english literature is usually explained by the following: 1. “the canterbury tales” sum up all types of stories that existed in the middle ages. 2. he managed to show different types of people that lived during his time and through these people he showed a true picture of the life of the 14th century. (the pilgrims range …

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y were ballads. ballads and songs expressed the sentiments and thoughts of people. they were handed down orally from generation to generation. the art of printing did not stop the creation of folk-songs and ballads. they were still composed at the dawn of the 18th century. the original authors of ballads are unknown; in fact, a given ballad may exist in several versions, because many different people told and revised the ballad as it travelled from village to village. but when a version seemed just right, its teller would be urged to recite the story again and again without changing a thing. folk ballads a folk ballad is a popular literary form. it comes from unlettered people rather than from professional minstrels or scholarly poets. that is why the ballad tends to express its meaning in simple language. (but the centuries-old dialect of many folk ballads may seem to readers …

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pre-renaissance period in english literature lecturer: madina madiyeva in the 14th century the norman kings made london their residence. it became the most inhabited and busy town in england. (the london dialect was the central dialect, and could be understood throughout the country). even peasants (dehqon) who wished to get free of their masters went to london. but the life in the country was miserable especially with the so-called hundred years’ war flamed by king edward against france. there was another burden (yuk) on people’s shoulders – rich foreign bishops (episkop)of the catholic church, who did not care of people’s sufferings. the protest against the catholic сhurch and the growth of national feeling during the first years of the war …

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