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Take 20 on Beowulf 20 slides of information related to

Take 20 on Beowulf 20 slides of information related to the Anglo-Saxon text Beowulf , including key literary terms and ideas. Language of Beowulf The text dates back to c.1000 Written in Old English. FUN FACT: 100 of the most used words today are Old English ones.

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  1. Take 20 on Beowulf 20 slides of information related to the Anglo-Saxon text Beowulf, including key literary terms and ideas

  2. Language of Beowulf The text dates back to c.1000 Written in Old English

  3. FUN FACT: 100 of the most used words today are Old English ones By Wordle.net

  4. Language of Beowulf Words a people have tell us of their concerns. in the text of Beowulf the Anglo-Saxons have 36 words for "hero" 12 words for "battle" 11 words for "ship" By asteri611 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722563@N05/4457516945/

  5. ANGO-SAXON LITERATURE scop -minstrel poet who performed poetry in the oral tradition at feasts

  6. ANLGO-SAXON LITERATURE caesura – mid-line pause in a verse Thus, the Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage We have heard of their heroic campaigns There was Shield Sheafson, scourge of many, a wrecker of mead benches, plundering foes.

  7. ANLGO-SAXON LITERATURE alliteration – repetition of letter sounds The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar. friends and kinsmen flocked to his ranks, young followers, a force that grew to be a mighty army. The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar. friends and kinsmenflocked to his ranks, young followers, a force that grew to be a mighty army.

  8. ANLGO-SAXON LITERATURE kenning – concise compound metaphors So his mind turned to hall-building: he handed down orders for men to work on a great mead hall meant to be the wonder of the world forever; it would be his throne-room

  9. ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE epic – long narrative poem, written in a formal style, about a hero, who represents the ideals of a people By Andrew Becraft at http://www.flickr.com/photos/12426416@N00/220636733/

  10. Beowulf is a pre-Christian story written by a Christian monk, so we see the transition of Anglo-Saxons from Norse and Celtic polytheism to Christianity “Thor” By SaraiMitnik at http://www.flickr.com/photos/78583096@N00/3998600562/ “Celtic Cross” By Billy Ker at http://www.flickr.com/photos/49359663@N00/148982511/ “Esus on The Pillar of the Boatmen.” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Pilier_des_Nautes_01.JPG

  11. wyrd – Anglo-Saxon concept of fate By Drowned Man at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26936744@N06/3529991364/ Early Anglo-Saxons believed that life was in the ominous hands of wyrd, or fate.

  12. FUN FACT: We still honor these Norse-Celtic gods. How? TIU, WODEN, THOR, FRIA By Andrew Becraft at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/103721206/

  13. mead – alcoholic drink of fermented ale and honey Anglo-Saxon drinking cups By Charles Youngs

  14. meadhall – center of Anglo-Saxon social life wyrd – Anglo-Saxon concept of fate 2008 RegiaAnglorum Photo used by permission courtesy of www.regia .org.

  15. Oseberg Viking Ship 9th C By Karen P. at http://www.flickr.com/photos/10414249@N08/2990787238/

  16. Saxon Clasp and Hinge Notice the artistry in design of metal and semi-precious gems By Rachel H at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelmouse/2745343992, and http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelmouse/2744507525

  17. Sword hilt and brooch -- 600s By Kotomi Yamamura at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/2661510037/in/photostream/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/2662335562 Early Anglo-Saxons believed that life was in the ominous hands of wyrd, or fate.

  18. Also of note: Book of Kells c. 800 The Gospel, or first 4 books of the New Testament illuminated manuscript – text supplemented with decoration: initials, borders, marginalia, etc. Beowulf is not an illuminated manuscript

  19. ANGO-SAXON LITERATURE Venerable Bede monk who wrote History of English Church and People By Robert Scarth at http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_scarth/2468987080/

  20. This a page from The History of the English Church and People What type of text is it?

  21. QUIZ: Define these terms related to Anglo- Saxon Literature. Can you name an example? ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT SCOP CAESURA ALLITERATION KENNING EPIC By Matthew Sylvester at http://www.flickr.com/photos/62779770@N00/2562738982/

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