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Riddles In Literature - Old English Riddle (Paperback)
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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language
and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of
Kassel (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), 16 entries in
the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Riddles and rhymes
are very common in English speaking countries; they are even part
of oral lore among children and students. True riddles or punning
ones with a word of two uses are very popular, i.e. "What runs but
never walks? - A river."1 Although they are regarded as special
forms funny puzzles, enigmas and sayings were also an important
element of poetic diction throughout the history of literature. Old
English prose and verse are considered to be the oldest literature
written in vernacular, although Latin and Germanic influence is
apparent in the Old English language. During the Anglo-Saxon Period
and especially under Alfred, King of Wessex, Old English language
and poetry reached its highpoint. At this time the clergy was
considered as the intellectual elite and so poetry was composed in
monasteries and the so called "writing-rooms." The surviving
manuscripts include heroic, elegiac and religious elements, as in
the Beowulf poem, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood. Old
English riddles can be found in The Book of Exeter anthology. The
collection includes about ninety riddles with heroic, religious and
philosophical elements. This special form of poetic diction
provides characteristic stylistic devices like alliterative verse
and kenning. Besides that, the enigmas had a didactic purpose, as
they were intended for religious and linguistic learning at the
monastery schools.
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