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Beowulf - Day 3-4

Beowulf - Day 3-4 . Essential Questions. What is Anglo-Saxon Poetry? What ideals did Beowulf value? What ideals do Americans value today? . Agenda. Read introduction of Anglo-Saxons on p. 18-19 of text Discuss ideals of Anglo-Saxon life Read Lines 1-30 on p. 20

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Beowulf - Day 3-4

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  1. Beowulf - Day 3-4

  2. Essential Questions • What is Anglo-Saxon Poetry? • What ideals did Beowulf value? • What ideals do Americans value today?

  3. Agenda • Read introduction of Anglo-Saxons on p. 18-19 of text • Discuss ideals of Anglo-Saxon life • Read Lines 1-30 on p. 20 • Apply kenning, caesura, alliteration and allusions • Exit Ticket

  4. Warm-Up • List four ideals that Americans have instilled in them in relation to national pride and identity.

  5. Anglo-Saxon Ideals • LOYALTY • VALOR • SELFLESSNESS • SENSE OF JUSTICE

  6. Epic Hero • Larger than life • Deals with human problems • Deals with struggle between Good and Evil • Displays courage, generosity, and faith

  7. Modern Novels – Beowulf Connections • Lord of the Rings –J.R. Tolkien • Lord of the Flies – William Golding • Grendel – John Garndner

  8. Geography - Geats

  9. Literary Terms • Alliteration: • A figure of speech in which consonants, especially at the beginning of words, or stressed syllables, are repeated … In (Old English) poetry alliteration was a continual and essential part of the metrical scheme and until the late Middle Ages was often used thus. (Cuddon provides some classic examples, such as Coleridge's description of the sacred river Alph in his poem, Kubla Khan: "Five miles meandering with a mazy motion.")

  10. Caesura: (Latin: "a cutting") A break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated, usually, by the natural rhythm of the language … In [Old English] verse the caesura was used … to indicate the half line.

  11. Kenning: The term derives from the use of the Old Norse verb kenna 'to know, recognize'…It is a device for introducing descriptive colour or for suggesting associations without distracting attention from the essential statement. (Cuddon offers the following instances of Old English kennings: a) helmberend—"helmet bearer" = "warrior" • b) beadoleoma—"battle light" = "flashing sword" • c) swansrad—"swan road" = "sea" Essentially, then, a kenning is a compact metaphor that functions as a name or epithet; it is also, in its more complex forms, a riddle in miniature.)

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