old english religious literature

1. OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE
Submitted To ; SIR ZAFAR ULLAH
SUBMITTED BY : KHADIJA RAFIQUE
CLASS : 1-A

2. ABSTRACT
 Development of religious poetry in northern
England-North Umbria throughout 8th century.
 Its survival in West Saxon transcription of the
late 10th century.
 Contribution of Caedmon and Cynewulf

3. KEYWORDS
West Saxons
Old English Poetry
Anglo Saxons
Northumbria

4. CYNEWULF
 Late eight and early ninth
century poet.
 Famous four Anglo Saxon
poems of Cynewulf are Christ,
Juliana, Elene, and The Fates
of the Apostles.
 he was well learned in
ecclesiastical and
hagiographical literature,

5. OLD ENGLISH PROSE:ALFRED
 ALFRED REIGN (849-901)
 FATHER OF ENGLISH PROSE WRITERS.
 It was under his influence that the earlier poetic works, which had
almost all been written in the Northumbrian dialect, were transcribed
into the language of the West Saxons.

6. CAEDMONIAN
 PRERIOD OF OLD ENGLISH POETRY
 CAEDMON : FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS
POETRY
 I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SING :Caedmon began to
sing verses in praise of God the Creator that he had never heard
before.

8. CAEDMON’S HYMN

9. CONCLUSION
The aim of this conclusion is to sketch briefly the
history of Anglo‐Saxonism ‐ that is, the study of
the Anglo‐Saxons and their literature.