Themes Treated In Selected Works From Old English Literature

Abstract

This review paper deals with the themes treated in Old English literature. The literature presented at this period was produced in Old English which is the earliest form of English and is a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects.  Caedmon Hymn, The Dream of the Rood, and Beowulf represent the earliest and most popular works in Old English Literature. A qualitative synthesis was used to gather the information about the works of the period. Old English literature is rich with themes of religion, life and death, myth and war, heroic tradition.