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“EPIC!”

“EPIC!”. Epic, what does it mean to you?. Hero w/ battles and journeys Ceremony, giving of gifts Boasting dialogue Parallelisms Symbolic descriptions epithets, kennings Long sentences with repeated patterns. Anglo-Saxon. 450-1100. 428. Britain a conquered land

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“EPIC!”

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  1. “EPIC!” Epic, what does it mean to you? Hero w/ battles and journeys Ceremony, giving of gifts Boasting dialogue Parallelisms Symbolic descriptions epithets, kennings Long sentences with repeated patterns

  2. Anglo-Saxon 450-1100

  3. 428 • Britain a conquered land • No one, strong king or leader • Constant battles, unrest, and upheaval • No focal point for loyalty

  4. 450 • Anglo-Saxon Invasion • Where we begin

  5. 597 • Christian Missionaries land at Kent. It begins to spread. • Irish mission (St. Patrick) • (Xty influences stability and leadership of the land…still, civil unrest remains)

  6. 793 • Viking Invasion and raids

  7. 871 • Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex. • Finally, a leader! • …400 yrs. later…

  8. 1066 • Norman Conquest of William the Conqueror defeating Harold at Hastings and becomes king of England. • Major turning point in life and times. • Departure from Warrior Society

  9. Literature • Oral tradition • Epic poems, Lyric poems • Elegy (death poem) • Hagiography (lives of saints) • Riddle like Kennings (all kennings are a metaphor, but not all metaphors are kennings)

  10. Culture • Nomadic (Transitoriness) • Warrior society • Pagan vs. Christian (fate vs. God) • Values (courage, endurance) • Social groupings • Might made right • Unsettled , literally and figuratively

  11. BEOWULF • Danes (Denmark) • Heorot • Hrothgar • Geats (Sweden) • Beowulf • Scyld • Monsters • Grendel • Grendel’s Mom/Dam • Fire Worm (dragon) From: http://www.beowulfmovie.com/

  12. Versions & Similar Stories • “13th Warrior” with Antonio Banderas –awesome one (Based on a Michael Chriton book, Eaters of the Dead) • “Beowulf” w/ Angela Jolie (2007) • 1999 “Beowulf” with Christian Lambert - sci-fi re-telling • “Beowulf and Grendel” with Gerard Butler –best one

  13. Warrior Society

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