‘ENGLISH CHAUCERIANS’ and ‘SCOTTISH CHAUCERIANS’ (literary Movements)

HI WONDERFUL READERS ! Welcome to a new section of the blog, ” LITERARY MOVEMENTS” wherein I shall be posting educative stuff and info about the different Literary Movements and Literary groups in English literature. The topic for today’s blog is ‘English Chaucerians’ and ‘Scottish Chaucerians’. The age of Geoffrey Chaucer (1350- 1400) or late … Read more

DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY {Part- 1}

HI READERS! Welcome to the POETRY section. In my last blog , we studied about what is poetry ,its different traits and the necessity of reading poetry. Let us make a quick recall . Poetry is a kind of literature that employs the use of rhyme and meter along with the presence of devices like … Read more

POETRY : DEFINITION , TRAITS AND NECESSITY

HI FANTASTIC READERS ! WELCOME TO ANOTHER INTERESTING SECTION OF THE BLOG , “POETRY”, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GENRES OF LITERATURE WHICH GIVES US IMMENSE PLEASURE TO READ AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ESCORT US TO THE BLISSFUL STATE OF ECSTASY IN AN INSTANT. Let us know the various famous definitions of a poetry … Read more

ANGLO SAXON POETS AND PROSE WRITERS: CAEDMON, CYNEWULF AND ALFRED ,THE KING OF WESSEX

HI READERS ! WELCOME TO MY BLOG AND THE SECTION ‘ HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE’. TODAY , WE SHALL BE STUDYING ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE POETS OF OLD ENGLISH CHRISTIAN POETRY . 1.CAEDMON——   (657A.D.–684A.D) HE IS THE EARLIEST ENGLISH POET KNOWN. HE WAS A NORTHUMBRIAN. HE IS ONE OF THE TWELVE ANGLO- SAXON POETS KNOWN . … Read more

ANGLO-SAXON EPIC POEM ‘BEOWULF’

HI READERS ! WELCOME TO THE NEW SECTION OF MY BLOG , ‘HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE’. TODAY WE SHALL KNOW THE PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGLO-SAXON EPIC ‘ BEOWULF’. THE SUMMARY OF EPIC -POEM BEOWULF— THE SETTING OF THE STORY IS SCANDINAVIA IN 6TH CENTURY . A  HERO OF GEATS  (A NORTH GERMANIC TRIBE)WHOSE NAME IS BEOWULF, … Read more