А кто знает об истоках зарождения английской литературы?! Here I'm to tell you some interesting facts.
FACT 1
The origins of what we might call English literature lie in a pre-Roman spoken culture. Writing did not exist, though poetry almost certainly did. Unable to record anything in writing, people used poetic rhythms and patterns as an aid to memory.
Britain's oral culture largely came to an end when the Romans invaded in 43AD. Roman society introduced the revolution of writing, and in England old oral traditions were largely suppressed, although as Irish poets, Welsh preachers, and Dylan Thomas were later to illustrate, echoes of the old spoken cultures were to survive more strongly in the west.
......to be continued......