MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE

Our new topic was middle English literature.(English Literature of the Medieval period) It was a long but so attractive period of English Literature. The term begins with Norman Conquest in 1066. We can examine it 3 titles below. Language, Religion , social life. First off, we see 3 languages effects in term. One of them French made political language. At the end of old English period, Vikings made French political language, this comes across the beginning of middle term, and we saw the effects of French language in term particularly. Also upper class of public was spoken French. Church was stressed in term. Christianity effect had been came with romans in old term, but stressed effects were seen in medieval term cause religion was so important symbol. Church’s language was Latin, and second language to be spoken in term was Latin. Church was not a place of worship, education also had been sustained in church,so education language was Latin. We could get that works were created in term were in Latin, and third language is English. That is a important point, when I had learnt it, I was shocked. We have been reading English literature, but English had been speaking between common people. I think it is so funny. Because of this place of English in public brings about illiteracy public cause education language was latin, and to speak English shows us not to know latin,and I talked about given works were in latin. These spoken three languages shows us different positions people in public. It means that feudalism was dominant. It is an economical system between lords and peasants. The lord gives a peasant a land to farm,and peasant tax him. Of course peasants did not stand any more, and they revolted. It created a big complication in public.


Term also knows with given works. Geoffrey Chaucer lived in term and of course he created Canterbury tales. Geoffrey Chaucer was known ‘father of English Literature.’ He is full of culture. He is son of a merchant. Merchants were rich part of the public,and a merchant’s son was definitely would be a merchant. Geoffrey Chaucer was one of them. He knows French perfectly that his works was written in French, so we could understand that common people or just spoken latin have not read his works, and this the big lack of his work. Geoffrey Chaucer created his work 24 tales told by pilgrims. 30 pilgrims were traveled London to southward every year, and each one told 2 tales on the way,and back,but Choucer collected just 24 of them. These show us the collaps of religion cause each has a different religious character and also has different out of moral features. Characters are close known our daily life,and to read their features was most entertaintment part of studying literature.

Those are my all knowledge about this week. I hope I will get information more forthcoming days,and ım sorry for my grammar mistakes I hope they wont be greet to eye much more I thought =)