Old English Prose: Passio and Vita

Two Concepts of a Saint’s Life in Anglo-Saxon England


Term Paper, 2009

31 Pages, Grade: 1,3


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Content

1. Introduction

2. Historical Situation: England in the 10th Century
2.1 The Way to Christianity
2.2 The Beginning of Monastic Life
2.3 Anglo-Saxon Society
2.4 The Venerable Bede
2.5 The Vikings
2.6 King Alfred
2.7 The Benedictine Reform

3. The Author: Ælfric of Eynsham

4. The Genre
4.1 The Importance of Saints
4.2 Saints’ Lives - a Typical Christian Genre

5. Linguistic Analysis
5.1 General observations
5.1.1 The Sources
5.1.2 Overall Structures of the Texts
5.1.3 Syntactic Structure
5.1.4 Alliterative Elements
5.1.5 Discourse
5.1.6 Forms of Address, Interjections
5.2 Passive Constructions
5.2.1 Passive Clauses: Two Definitions
5.2.2 General Considerations
5.2.3 The Use of Passive in Old English
5.2.4 Examples from the Texts

6. Conclusion

7. References

8. Appendix
8.1 Translation of the Life of St Edmund into Present-Day German
8.2 Translation of the Life of St Æthelthryth into Present-Day German

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Title
Old English Prose: Passio and Vita
Subtitle
Two Concepts of a Saint’s Life in Anglo-Saxon England
College
University of Cologne  (Englisches Seminar)
Course
Hauptseminar Old English Prose
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2009
Pages
31
Catalog Number
V150971
ISBN (eBook)
9783640625987
ISBN (Book)
9783640626199
File size
558 KB
Language
English
Notes
Kommentar des Professors: „Zwar ist der historische Teil sehr umfangreich, dennoch überzeugt die Arbeit in Darstellung, Textanalyse und Argumentation. Sprachlich auf hohem Niveau.“ Der Text enthält u.a. Zitate in deutscher Sprache sowie als Anhang die Übersetzung der diskutierten Texte ins Deutsche. Although written in English, the paper contains quotations in German, and, as an appendix, a translation of the Old English texts discussed into Modern German.
Keywords
Old English, Prose, Anglo-Saxon, Diachronic Linguistics, Live of Saints, Heiligenlegende, Ælfric of Eynsham, Passive Voice, Passive Constructions, Alliterations
Quote paper
Michael Pieck (Author), 2009, Old English Prose: Passio and Vita, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/150971

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