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Beowulf

Beowulf. Feature Menu. Introducing the Epic Literary Focus: The Epic Hero The Poetry of Beowulf: Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings. Beowulf Introducing the Epic. Beowulf is. the first great work of English national literature.

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Beowulf

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  1. Beowulf Feature Menu Introducing the Epic Literary Focus: The Epic Hero The Poetry of Beowulf: Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings

  2. BeowulfIntroducing the Epic Beowulf is • the first great work of • English national literature. • the epic story of the hero Beowulf, who fights the demonic monster Grendel.

  3. BeowulfIntroducing the Epic People Beowulf: nephew of Higlac, king of the Geats. Hrothgar: king of the Danes. Wiglaf: a Geat warrior, one of Beowulf’s select band and the only one to help him in his final fight with the dragon.

  4. BeowulfIntroducing the Epic Monsters Grendel: man-eating monster who lives at the bottom of a foul mere, or mountain lake. Grendel’s mother: water-witch who seeks revenge. Dragon: giant fire-breathing serpent whom Beowulf fights in Part Two of the epic.

  5. BeowulfIntroducing the Epic Places Beowulf takes place in Scandinavia. Scandinavia Britain Scholars think Herot might have been built on the coast of Zealand, in Denmark.

  6. BeowulfIntroducing the Epic Places Herot: the golden guest hall built by King Hrothgar where warriors gathered to celebrate. [End of Section]

  7. BeowulfLiterary Focus: The Epic Hero The epic hero is the central figure in a long narrative that reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular society. An epic is a quest story on a grand scale.

  8. BeowulfLiterary Focus: The Epic Hero Beowulf is one of ancient England’s heroes. Other times and other cultures have had other heroes. The hero is an archetype—a character that appears throughout cultures and history. King Arthur Joan of Arc

  9. BeowulfLiterary Focus: The Epic Hero In modern America, the hero may be a real person or a fictional character. [End of Section]

  10. BeowulfThe Poetry of Beowulf Beowulf was composed in Old English, which uses a caesura,or rhythmic pause, to create unity. Locate the caesura in these lines: ða com of more         under misthleoþum Grendel gongan,         godes yrre bær; mynte se manscaða         manna cynnes sumne besyrwan         in sele þam hean. Line divided into two parts by a caesura.

  11. BeowulfThe Poetry of Beowulf Here are the same lines in modern English fromBurton Raffel’s translation: Out from the marsh, from the foot of misty Hills and bogs, bearing God’s hatred, Grendel came, hoping to kill Anyone he could trap on this trip to high Herot. Punctuation reproduces pause effect of the caesura.

  12. BeowulfThe Poetry of Beowulf The Anglo-Saxon oral poet also used the poetic device of alliteration. Grendelgongan,godes yrre bær; myntesemanscaðamannacynnes

  13. BeowulfThe Poetry of Beowulf Find examples of alliteration in Burton Raffel’s translation of lines 1-5: Out from the marsh, from the foot of misty Hills and bogs, bearing God’s hatred, Grendel came, hoping to kill Anyone he could trap on this trip to high Herot.

  14. BeowulfThe Poetry of Beowulf The kenningis another poetic device that was used by the oral poet. Examples of kennings from Beowulf: gold-shininghall= Herot guardian of crime= Grendel strong-hearted wakeful sleeper= Beowulf cave-guardandsky-borne foe= dragon

  15. BeowulfThe Poetry of Beowulf Create modern-day kennings for things you see around you. giver of words word-wand ? ? ? ? [End of Section]

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