Flashcards Table on English IV Final Exam Review

Anglo-Saxon literature began with stories told how?

1. By oral tradition

Anglo-Saxon story tellers were known as what?

2. Scops

Old English poems are noted for their what?

Epic heroes

Who were the two most famous playwrights of the English Renaissance period?

Marlowe & Shakespeare

Who were the two most famous playwrights of the English Renaissance period?

Black Plague

Who objected to the non-religious subject matter of the plays of this period?

The Puritans

Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” reflected The Restoration era literature’s use of what?

Satire