PPT-Beowulf

Epic Approximately 3200 lines long Relatively short as epics go Estimates of the date of composition range between 700 and 1000 ad genre Alliterative verse elegy resembles heroic epic though smaller in scope than most classical epics. Introducing the Epic. Literary Focus: The Epic Hero. The Poetry of . Beowulf: . Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings. Feature Menu. the first great work of . English national literature.. the epic story of the hero Beowulf, who fights the demonic monster Grendel.. When? Where? Who?. We may say that . Beowulf. was composed somewhere in England between about 521 AD . and1026 . AD . We . do not know for sure where in England the poem was composed. . Nor . do we know if the poem was composed by a single author, or whether it is the result of the merging together of ballads by different authors, nor whether the poem was significantly altered subsequent to its first written form.. Beowulf: . Context Review. Composed in . England. by an . unknown Anglo-Saxon poet . (c. 750). Set in . Scandinavia. just . before Anglo-Saxon migration . (c. 520). Celts . reside in England during . 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. Huh?. Why Study Beowulf?. So what?. It is the oldest piece of literature in the English language.. It is the earliest European epic writing in the vernacular, rather than in Latin.. It teaches us about the development of the English language.. HELP! I need somebody!. Think of a time when you helped someone in need or someone helped you OR a time when you did NOT render help and wish you had. Give a brief summary of the incident then answer the following analysis questions: . Beowulf. (pg. 18 ). Beowulf. in Old English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7VTH8ii_8. Music Video. http. ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiBaSqO7n9U. The Monster Grendel. …. 1. What phrase points to Grendel’s evil nature?. 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. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in words (usually at the beginning of the word) that are close together.. Example:. P. eter . P. i. p. er . p. icked a . p. eck of . p. ickled . p. 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. . Geats. ?. Reading Strategy p38. What events preceded the dragon’s attack on the . Geats. ?. The theft of a gem-studded cup by someone who accidentally stumbles on the entrance to the stone tower. . 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. - Unknown – the poem has been translated several times (the version we are working with is translated by Seamus Heaney). G. enre . - Alliterative . verse; elegy; resembles heroic epic, though smaller in scope than most classical . 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.