What is the historical background of English literature?

Answer 1

English Literature, literature produced in England, from the introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the present. The works of those Irish and Scottish authors who are closely identified with English life and letters are also considered part of English literature

This period extends from about 450 to 1066, the year of the Norman-French conquest of England. The Germanic tribes from Europe who overran England in the 5th century, after the Roman withdrawal, brought with them the Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, language, which is the basis of Modern English. They brought also a specific poetic tradition, the formal character of which remained surprisingly constant until the termination of their rule by the Norman-French invaders six centuries later.

Answer 2

well, i am about to take English lit and English language GCSE next year. English literature is studying the classics(for example:little women or A Christmas carol) and also shakespear etc. it is basically reading and analyzing books and passages and then begining to understand how to write your own stories or passages. Literature is different to language becasue language is about grammar and spelling and learing acronyms how to remember worlds etc.

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Answer 3

English literature has a rich historical background that spans from Old English literature, which includes works like Beowulf, to Middle English literature, such as Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, to the Renaissance period with Shakespeare and Milton, and through to the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods with writers like Wordsworth, Dickens, and Woolf. The development of English literature has been influenced by various cultural, social, and political changes throughout history, resulting in a diverse and dynamic literary tradition.