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S . Jerald Sagaya Nathan, M.A., M.Phil., SET., NET., M.A. (M.C. & J).,

NTA - NET/ SET (English) Coaching History of English Literature ( E n g l i s h Literature f o r C o m p e t i t i v e Examinations : N E T / S E T / P G T R B ). S . Jerald Sagaya Nathan, M.A., M.Phil., SET., NET., M.A. (M.C. & J)., Assistant Professor of English

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S . Jerald Sagaya Nathan, M.A., M.Phil., SET., NET., M.A. (M.C. & J).,

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  1. NTA - NET/ SET (English) CoachingHistory of English Literature(EnglishLiteratureforCompetitiveExaminations:NET/SET/PGTRB) S. Jerald Sagaya Nathan, M.A., M.Phil., SET., NET., M.A. (M.C. & J)., Assistant Professor of English St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli- 620002 Tamil Nadu, India.  E-Mail: jsnathan1981@gmail.com Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sjeraldsagayanathan/home Mobile Nos.: 9843287913/ 962928791

  2. The old English [450AD -1066AD]

  3. The old English [450AD -1066AD]

  4. Britain Under Roman Conquest

  5. The Anglo Saxon language

  6. First Settlers in Britain

  7. Anglo-Saxon Britain

  8. Norman Conquest of England

  9. Anglo-Saxon poetry

  10. Anglo-Saxon Epic Beowulf (1815)

  11. Beowulf

  12. Beowulf

  13. Recall… The Norman Conquest of England in the battle of Hastings is an important landmark in the history of English literature. It occurred in the year (a) 1066 (b) 1076 (b) 1065 (d) 1075

  14. Recall… Out of the four chief dialects that flourished in the pre-Chaucerian period, the one that became the standard English in Chaucer's time is

  15. Recall… Beowulf, the only important piece of literature surviving since the old English period is a/an

  16. Widsith

  17. Waldera

  18. Miscellaneous Poems

  19. The Exeter Book

  20. The Exeter Book

  21. Doer

  22. Anglo- Saxon Chronicle

  23. Authors of the old English [450AD -1066AD] Caedmon (poet)

  24. Northumbrian School & Christian Influence

  25. Caedmon

  26. Cynewulf

  27. Cynewulf (Cont…)

  28. Judith

  29. Anglo Saxon Prose

  30. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English Race (731 A.D.)

  31. King Alfred (A.D. 849-901)

  32. Aelfric

  33. Wulfstan

  34. Five Main Dialects of the Anglo-Saxon Period

  35. Five Main Dialects of the Anglo-Saxon Period (1) the old Northumbrian dialect consisting of the Lowland Scots and Northern English; (2) East Midlands and West Midlands, corresponding to Mercian; (3) South-Western or Mercian; (4) South-Eastern or Kentish (5) South-Western or West Saxon.

  36. The Middle English [1066AD-1500AD]

  37. Five Famous Poets

  38. The Chaucerian Period (1340-1400)

  39. Chaucer

  40. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 A.D. – 1400 A.D.)

  41. Geoffrey Chaucer ( 1387 - 1400) • Morning Star of Renaissance • Introduced Iambic Pentameter  (Canterbury Tales) • Introduced Heroic couplet (a pair of rhymed lines with iambic pentameter) • Proponent of Rhyme Royal S. Jerald Sagaya Nathan, SJC, Trichy. 9843287913

  42. Questions What is blank verse?

  43. Geoffrey Chaucer (1)

  44. Geoffrey Chaucer (2)

  45. Geoffrey Chaucer (3)

  46. Geoffrey Chaucer (4)

  47. Major Works of Chaucer

  48. Shorter poems of Chaucer

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