PPT-English 10 8/31/16 Beowulf

English 10 83116 Beowulf AngloSaxon period Also called Old English period The Old English language was harsher in sound than our English and was written phonetically with no silent letters Anglo means English or from England Saxon means Germanic or from Saxony Germany. English Literature I. History/ The Makings of Modern Day English. About 449 AD, several large Germanic tribes, the Angles (from Denmark), Saxons (from Germany), and Jutes (from Jutland or Rhineland), traveled to the islands known as . 469AD – 1066 AD. Or Anglo-Saxon Literature. Anglo-Saxons. Norman Conquest. Caedmon’s Hymn. Song of Beowulf. Your Job. Each of you has a sheet of notes in front of you with important facts about the Old English period. But some of the facts are missing. You must pay attention and fill in the missing information.. Poetry is one of the most ancient of the arts. Originally fused with music. Often intended to be chanted (Often related to religious movements). Often used to remember oral history, story (epic poetry), law, prayers, myths etc.. Poet unknown. Anglo-Saxon and Old English. Christian (but with a bit of pagan tradition). Epic . poem (with 3,182 lines). Epic. = a very long poem that tells the adventures of a hero. Epic Hero . = a larger-than-life character who has great adventures, often boasts, and values personal appearance/identity. Please take a . textbook! Write your name in the cover. Write the book name and number on your index card…. Journals! There should be 4! Please mark 2 with ** that you would like me to read.. How are the Papers going?. Week . 5 . Warm-Ups. Monday: Parts of Speech. even though . beowulf. was originally written in old . english. most high school students read a modern . translation. Monday: Parts of Speech. even though- subordinating conjunction. 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. 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. The Anglo-Saxon period is the earliest recorded time period in English history. . The Anglo-Saxon period ranges from 449-1066. . It ends with the Battle of Hastings where the French, under the leadership of William the Conqueror invaded England. . 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. The Anglo-Saxon period is the earliest recorded time period in English history. . The Anglo-Saxon period ranges from 449-1066. . It ends with the Battle of Hastings where the French, under the leadership of William the Conqueror invaded England. . Few people read in this period. Oral tradition – was performed and/or sung by a Bard (. Scop. ) from memory in Old English . This is why there are often . several versions of the . same story. . Scops. Beowulf at the movies - 2007. Part of the treasure discovered in a ship-burial of c.500 at Sutton . Hoo. in East Anglia – excavated in 1939. . The Sutton Hoo ship and a modern reconstruction. The value of . Germanic tribes battled for control after causing the downfall of the Western Roman Empire (400s A.D.). Political, economic, cultural repercussions. Bloody warfare . . many G. ermanic tribes in Northern Europe left .