AD's English Literature

History of Old English Literature: Old English literature, also known as Anglo-Saxon literature, spans from the early 5th century to around the Norman Conquest of 1066, though its influence continued into the early 14th century. This period is characterized by the emergence of English as a written language and the development of an oral literary tradition rooted in poetry, history, and religious texts. Below is a timeline of the major phases, works, and authors from the Old English period up to 1300. Birth of English: Stage 1. Tribal Germanic peoples from northwest Germany ( Saxons and Angles ) and Jutland (Jutes) invaded Eastern England around the fifth century AD and the language spoken by them became the origin of English. Stage 2. Their Old English or Anglo - Saxon language survived and evolved until the Normans conquered the island in 1066. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 greatly influenced the evolution of the language. For about 300 years after this, the Nor...

Sonnet, derived from the Italian word ‘Sonneto’ meaning a little sound or strain, is a poem expressing one main idea or emotion consisting of fourteen decasyllabic lines. the origin of it is Italy in the early 15th century. In the first half of the 16 th century the sonnet was introduced in England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. However, such outburst of lyricism in Elizabethan England is shared by almost all the poets of the Elizabethan period including Sir Philip Sidney, Spenser and Shakespeare. Among the other writers there is Henry constable, Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton etc. Now we will categorically analyse them.