Literary Eras
Writers in this era were interested in breaking traditional forms.
What is the Modern Era?
A long narrative poem such as Beowulf.
What is an epic poem?
What is Scotland?
Seamus Heaney and J.R.R Tolkien have both translated this language to Modern English.
What is Old English?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
What is the Medieval Era?
Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Dane's victories.
What is Heorot?
Who says: "Lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none"?
Who are the witches?
The language that the Romans brought to Britain.
What is Latin?
A two word poetic renaming of people, places, things.
What is a kenning?
Shakespeare wrote during this era.
The name for the type of poet that would have recited Beowulf.
What is a scop?
This character says "why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"
Who is Macbeth?
This term is used to refer to the language of Chaucer.
What is Middle English?
A device used in the marketing of cars that draws on associated meanings of a word.
What is connotation?
The literature of this era often points out the artifice of fiction.
What is the Postmodern Era?
These two religions or systems of faith are evident in the epic poem.
What are paganism and Christianity?
This character reads a letter aloud.
Who is Lady Macbeth?
The language used by the upper classes during Chaucer's time period.
What is Anglo-Norman (or what is French)?
Both a literary device and a concept in the field of psychology.
What is stream of consciousness?
Mary Shelley wrote during this era.
What is the Romantic Era?
A rhythmic break in the middle of a line of an Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
What is caesura?
The title given to Macbeth by King Duncan.
What is Thane of Cawdor?
Influences of this language remain in modern English because of the Viking Invasions of Britain.
What is Old Norse?
The meter in which Shakespeare wrote.
What is iambic pentameter?