Honors English IV Syllabus
English Literature Timeline
Click here for a Word version of English Literature Timeline with
Authors Highlighted
View the following presentation, A History of English, on the development of the English Language:
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest70571-566012-middle-english-powerpoint/:
Authors Highlighted
View the following presentation, A History of English, on the development of the English Language:
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest70571-566012-middle-english-powerpoint/:
BBC site exploring the evolution of the English Language
Hear Old English, Middle English and learn how our composite language changed over time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_ages_english.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_ages_english.shtml
Canterbury Tales
Ballads
Ballads may have been around much longer, but we know they were popularized in the Middle Ages by the common people. The following Smithsonian link provides general ballad information, as well as audio files of modern ballad recordings.
http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/poetry.aspx
http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/poetry.aspx