The Old English Literature, also called Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest form of English. It is difficult to give exact dates for the rise and development of a language, because it does not change suddenly; but perhaps it is true to say that Old English was spoken from about A. D. 600 to about 1000.

segunda-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxhJhLOWJxw / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqAA5LgmLrk

These two videos are, in sequence, part 1 and 2 a contextualization of Old and Middle English. It talks about the culture, people, religion, among others. The first video is more interesting because it focuses on how the language came to exist. But it is interesting to watch the second part as well.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YndfK23P9tY

In this video a guy is trying to read a poem from Old English. It’s his interpretation, as nobody knows how it would sound exactly. However, it’s interesting to watch this video. It’s almost impossible to understand his reading.
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http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/texts/index.htm

In this site from Canada, you can find some old English prose and poetry.
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domingo, 13 de dezembro de 2009

http://people.wcsu.edu/jambeckk/glossary/gloss-oe.html

This site is an introductory glossary and a translation guide. It has the word’s classification, its meaning and pronunciation. It might be very helpful to the understanding of the text.
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http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/oethesaurus/

This is a dictionary of old English words and phrases.
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http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/oe.htm

This website site from the University of Toronto brings some useful lists with links to databases, webpages and bibliographies on Old English Literature as well as links to learn more about the History and Culture of the time. You will also find links about Old English Language, Old English dictionaries, manuscripts, corpora. It can be a great tool for the study of English Literature.
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/oe.htm
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http://classiclit.about.com/od/oldenglishgenera/Old_English_General_Resources.htm

This website brings some interesting articles commenting on Beowulf and on Old English Literature. It might be a good option for those who want to have an overview of the texts and of the time period.
http://classiclit.about.com/od/oldenglishgenera/Old_English_General_Resources.htm
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