Literature Beowulf and Heroes in Films V4

Literature
1. Entertain: it is to be enjoyed, so approach with an open mind!
2. Learn about historical periods, looking through the eyes of the people who actually experienced that part of history rather than through the eyes of scholars writing about that same part of history a couple of centuries later.
3. Learn new words
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In deze les zitten 46 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 6 videos.

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Literature
1. Entertain: it is to be enjoyed, so approach with an open mind!
2. Learn about historical periods, looking through the eyes of the people who actually experienced that part of history rather than through the eyes of scholars writing about that same part of history a couple of centuries later.
3. Learn new words

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Medieval Literature: Old English

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Your favourite hero?

Slide 3 - Woordweb

Why do people need heroes?

Slide 4 - Open vraag

Historical background Information

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Anglo-Saxon Britain
- Different small kingdoms
- Wars between the kingdoms 
- Viking invasions and Danelaw

- development of Old English also known as Anglo-Saxon English

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Video

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

What modern language is closest to Old English (450-1066 CE)
A
Modern English
B
Danish
C
Frisian
D
Dutch

Slide 10 - Quizvraag


Frisian is one of Europe’s least changed languages. 
English is one of Europe’s most changed languages. 
  


 Hoi, Aelfred is myn namme. Myn marse is fol fan Eels, buten Langh festjen is nin brae sperjen.

   Hwaet! Aelfred is min nama. Min bearwe is æla ful, ac an longe fæsten biergeþ nan hlaf.

   Hello, Alfred is my name. My basket is full of eels, but a long fast saves no bread.

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Slide 12 - Video

Beowulf
- Written around 850 CE
- Original in Old English
- First piece of literature (that we know of) written in Great Britain

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Why can't we call Beowulf the first English text ever written?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

See you tomorrow! 
Don't forget to check out the homework! 

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Beowulf
- first 'English' piece of literature
- Epic hero story
- Over a thousands years old but still relevant today

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Slide 18 - Video

What are your first thoughts on this 'story'

Slide 19 - Open vraag

Epic poem
- Viking influences  because story takes place in Sweden
- Epic hero, great heroism and bravery
- The setting of the poem is vast and could include land, seas, oceans, the world, or even the whole universe.
- Supernatural or other worldly forces or beings such as Gods, angels, or demons
- written in a formal manner and they often use exaggeration.

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

7 characteristics of an epic hero
- Noble birth
-  Super human capabilities
- Vast traveler
- Unmatched warrior
- Cultural legend
- Humility
- Battles superhuman foes 

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

Epic Hero

Slide 22 - Woordweb

Slide 23 - Video

Why is Beowulf an example of a classic epic poem?

Slide 24 - Open vraag

Read the following passages carefully. Explain in your own words what the piece of text is about.

Slide 25 - Tekstslide

What event was described?

Slide 26 - Open vraag

Thro’ wan night striding,
came the walker-in-shadow. Warriors slept
whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, —
all save one. ‘Twas widely known
that against God’s will the ghostly ravager
him could not hurl to haunts of darkness;
wakeful, ready, with warrior’s wrath,
bold he bided the battle’s issue.

Thro’ wan night striding,
came the walker-in-shadow. Warriors slept
whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, —
all save one. ‘Twas widely known
that against God’s will the ghostly ravager
him could not hurl to haunts of darkness;
wakeful, ready, with warrior’s wrath,
bold he bided the battle’s issue.

Slide 27 - Tekstslide

THEN from the moorland, by misty crags,
with God’s wrath laden, Grendel came.
The monster was minded of mankind now
sundry to seize in the stately house.
Under welkin he walked, till the wine-palace there,
gold-hall of men, he gladly discerned,
flashing with fretwork. Not first time, this,
that he the home of Hrothgar sought, —
yet ne’er in his life-day, late or early,
such hardy heroes, such hall-thanes, found!

Slide 28 - Tekstslide

What happened in the passage?

Slide 29 - Open vraag

Grendel

Slide 30 - Tekstslide

Beowulf
- first 'English' piece of literature
- Epic hero story
- Over a thousands years old but still relevant today

Slide 31 - Tekstslide

Answer the following questions about the old-English period.

Slide 32 - Tekstslide

What is the English term for the historic period of 500-1000 ?

Slide 33 - Open vraag

Who tried to invade the British isles during the Anglo-Saxon period

Slide 34 - Open vraag

The end

Slide 35 - Tekstslide

The Middle English Period: 1066-1500

Slide 36 - Tekstslide

Middle Ages

Slide 37 - Woordweb

The Middle English Period
  • 1066-1485: (later) Medieval England
  • The Norman Conquest
  • Social change: the feudal system
  • A long war in France: the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)
  • A bloody war at home: the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
  • 1485: beginning of the Tudor Period
  • Linguistic change: a new language

Slide 38 - Tekstslide

Norman Conquest

Slide 39 - Tekstslide

Middle English (1) - History
  • 1066 - c. 1300: two languages side by side
  • Norman French: language of court, government, the law and trade
  • Old English: language of the common people (peasants, townspeople)
  • the two slowly merge into one language
  • c. 1300: Middle English
  • c. 1480: towards (Early) Modern English

  • Started with the battle of Hastings

Slide 40 - Tekstslide

Slide 41 - Video

feudal system

Slide 42 - Tekstslide

divine right

Slide 43 - Tekstslide

Slide 44 - Video

What is the time span of the Middle English period?
A
1066 - 1340
B
1066 - 1485
C
800 - 1066
D
1340 - 1400

Slide 45 - Quizvraag

Which language was spoken at court?
A
French
B
English
C
Latin

Slide 46 - Quizvraag