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OLD 
ENGLISH, 
OR 
Cynewulf (flourished 
ad750), Anglo-Saxon 
poet, possibly a 
Northumbrian 
minstrel.
Prose –
”Ecclesiastical 
History of the 
English People”, 
Poetry - the 
epic poem 
Beowulf
The first prose
Anglo -Saxon 
Chronicle, by 
King Alfred the 
Great
“Ascension”, 
“The Fates of the 
Apostles”, 
“Juliana”, and 
“Elene”
Bard, highly 
trained Celtic 
poet, composer, 
singer, and 
harpist .
“The Consolation of 
Philosophy”, by 
Boethius, trans., by 
King Alfred the Great

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Mini-Test 1 
 
Test
Right
Wrong
Wrong 
Wrong 
In the 1
st
century 
before our era Britain 
was conquered by .. 
*The State 
of Rome
Germanic 
tribes
Normans 
Celts
….is the first 
masterpiece or 
foundation stone in all 
British literature. 
*Beowulf. Childe 
Harold’s 
Pilgrimage.
Hamlet. Canterbury 
tales
Who was the author of 
“Ecclesiastical History 
of the English 
People”? 
*The 
Venerable 
Bede 
Edmund 
Spenser 
William 
Shakespeare 
Jonathan 
Swift 
How many parts are 
there in the epic 
“Beowulf”? 
*2 
3 
1 
5 
How many types of 
epic poems exists? 
*2 
3 
4 
5 
Lecture 2. 
Renaissance in British literature. Renaissance drama, poetry. British theatre. W. 
Shakespeare , Christopher Marlow, Ben Johnson 
Plan 
MIDDLE 
ENGLISH 
PERIOD 
(1066 to 
Langland, William 
(1330?-1400?), 
English poet, 
Romance – 
“Sir Gawain and the 
Green Knight “
(late 1300s)
a collection of 
stories - “The 
Canterbury Tales”, 
a poem -“ Troilus”
Malory, Sir Thomas 
(?-1471?),
English translator 
and compiler.
Chaucer, Geoffrey 
(1343?-1400), 
English poet
prose epic - 
“The Death of 
Arthur”
(1469-1470)
the religious 
allegory “Piers 
Plowman”

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1.
English literature of the XVII century 
2.
Edmund Spenser,
3.
Ben Jonson,
4.
Sir Francis Bacon,
5.
Sir Philip Sidney
 
6.
W. Shakerpeare 
Key words and phrases 
 
Carp Diem poetry, Drama, Literary criticism, Crafty, curiously, flashy, conference, present wit, to 
make an important, contribution, to invent, sonnet, to be accused, high treason, manage to get 
free, to be undermined, cruel torture, to bring to perfection, sonnet cycle, Renaissance ideology, 
to depict characters, to outshine, a leading shareholder, the principal playwright, immortal, 
dramatic technique, the source of the plot, chronicle
 
Text of the lecture 
Renaissance in Great Britain 
Renaissance was a great cultural movement that began in Italy during the early 1330’s. It spread 
to England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and other countries in the late 1400’s and 
ended about 1600. 
The word “Renaissance” comes from the Latin word “rinascere” and means rebirth. The 
Renaissance was the period when European culture was at its height. At that time great 
importance was assigned to intellect, experience, scientific experiment. The new ideology 
proclaimed the value of human individuality. This new outlook was called Humanism. The 
humanists were scholars and artists who studied subjects that they believed would help them 
better understand the problems of humanity. These subjects included literature and philosophy. 
The humanists considered that the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome had excelled in such 
subjects and could serve as models. 
During the Middle Ages the most important branch of learning was theology. Renaissance 
thinkers paid greater attention to the study of humanity.