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Lord 196012627 Lord quotes one passage of 9 lines transcribed from a phonograph recording that Milman Parry made in 1934 of a singer from Nozi Pazar The song was recited not sung and the line. Poetry of the People. Word “ballad” is an Old French term meaning “dancing song”. Subjects of ballads were predictable and sensational. Domestic tragedy, false love, true love, the absurdity of husband-wife relationships, the supernatural. Historical and Cultural Basis. Various groups and influences on British Isles:. Celts, Romans, Angles & Saxons & Jutes, Normans. Division to Unification:. . Divided clans governed by a unified force . MRS. LEACH. British Literature. Unit 2: The . Middle Ages. Instruments of the Middle Ages. link. Ballads. w. ere story poems set to music so that non-readers and non-writers could enjoy sensational events and everyday calamity. Usually they were from an anonymous author and just like Anglo-Saxon works, were spread from singer to singer. The name of this singer was a Troubadour.. Tagg. , . Annabell. Atwood, Minnie . Ostivg. , and Brian Anderson. Christianity & Middle English Literature. The authors of The Dream of the Rood, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Canterbury Tales all feel that the people only practice an outward expression of religion and do not truly live Christianity.. SHZ 135. 2. Jesus, our Lord, rose from the grave. / Life won over death; . vict'ry. He gave. / This is our psalm: He's here today. / We praise the Lord and adore Him. / With joyful heart we sing, / to Him our praises ring. / Praise Him, the Lord and His glorious name.. the dark?. Why Study Beowulf?. Woody Allen’s opinion. Seamus Heaney's opinion. In reference to Grendel. bit into his bone-. lappings. , bolted down his blood. and gorged on him in lumps, leaving the body. Beowulf goes to Denmark and fights Grendel. Beowulf fights Grendel’s mom. Back home as king of the Geats, Beowulf fights a Dragon. Grendel. Is a monster descended from Cain (of Cain and Abel fame). He is willing to risk his life in order to earn fame by killing . Grendal. .. What weapon does Beowulf use to kill . Grendel. ?. His hands. To what does the poet give credit for Beowulf’s victory over . Composed in Old English. Alliterative measure. Oral epic handed down. Archetypal tales of monsters, god-fashioned weapons, descents to the underworld, fights with dragons, and hero’s quest to save a community threatened by evil. Can you answer them like our epic hero? (a.k.a. like a BOSS?!). QUESTION #1. What does Beowulf do for 50 long years?. A) Battle back and forth with Grendel. B) Serve as Hrothgar’s personal security guard. Rhymed verse that is recited or sung, out of local stories and tall tales. During the Middle Ages, balladeers often resembled journalists; ballads often recounted actual events.. Murderous acts and desire for revenge. The Anglo-Saxons: 449 - 1066. 449 AD: Germanic mercenaries arrived from the Northern coasts of Europe to attack the Britons. Angles, Saxons, Jutes. By 500 AD, many invaders had settled.. . . . Archaeology has revealed much of the Anglo-Saxons, through cemeteries. Epic. A long narrative poem on a serious subject . Written in a grand or elevated style (formal diction, descriptive language). Centered on a larger-than-life, epic . HERO. Epic Conventions. Themes: the fate of a nation or people; loyalty among hierarchies. Albert Camus Biographical Info He was born in Dréan , French Algeria on November 7th 1913 His mother was a half deaf woman of Spanish descent. His father was killed a year after his birth in the battle of Marne in World War I