Old English & Beowulf

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Literature & Culture

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OLD ENGLISH
Medieval times
  • tradition: told by 
    scops 



The oldest
  • composed +/- 1200 years ago(?)
  • changed dialects, almost up in smoke, lines were lost
  • lone survivor; remarkable then and now.

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Your thoughts on: Old English

Slide 3 - Mind map

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Super hero characteristics

Slide 5 - Open question

EPIC POETRY

  • Long narrative poem (but quite short)
  • Written in an elevated style, boombastic
  • Celebrates deed of a legendary hero or God
  • Exerternal Conflict, when a character struggles against some outside force person nature society or fate.
  • Superficial characters
  • Straight forward (monster-slay-treasure)

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REMARKABLE & SUCCESFULL - WHY?

  • Being worthy of your father’s legacy
  • Heroic deads (reprimand/debt/honour)
  • Un-Beowulfy to Christian standards
  • Appealed to Anglo-Saxon warriors
  •  Tangibility of a hero compared to God

Discuss in groups of 3
How realistic was Beowulf according to Medieval standards?

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While listening

CHARACTERS
Write down info on the characters


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Task 1
CHECK YOUR READER FOR DETAILED INFORMATION 


Main focus: Character Interview 
  • At least ten open questions
  • Full answers 
  • ! Use information from the story in questions and/or answers

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The arm-thing
The mixed-up fairy tale-thing

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The Anglo-thing
The monster-thing

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#lifeofBeowulf

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