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EXTRA CREDIT
PROJECTS—
SEE MRS. W
1. ANGLO-SAXON INTRO NOTES
2. BEOWULF INTRO NOTES
3. OLD ENGLISH BEOWULF PASSAGE
HANDOUT
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/booksvideo
/8135302/Beowulf-reading-in-Old-English-with-
translation.html
4. MODERN ENGLISH BEOWULF PASSAGE
HANDOUT
http://www.shmoop.com/beowulf/
Intro Video
LITERARY ELEMENTS
EPIC
EPIC HERO
ARCHETYPE
THEME
SYMBOLISM
PERSONIFICATION
TONE
KENNING
ALLITERATION
IMAGERY
EPIC
A WORK OF LITERATURE THAT
COVERS A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME AND USUALLY HAS
HEROIC CHARACTERS
EPIC HERO
A MAIN CHARACTER IN AN
EPIC WHOSE LEGENDARY OR
HEROIC ACTIONS ARE
CENTRAL TO HIS/HER
CULTURE, RACE, OR NATION
ARCHETYPE
A CONSTANTLY RECURRING SYMBOL,
MOTIF, OR TYPE OF CHARACTER IN
LITERATURE
EX. WISE OLD MAN, FAIRY GODMOTHER, EVIL
STEPMOTHER, VILLAINS, HEROES, LOVESICK
TEENAGER, ETC.
THEME
THE CENTRAL IDEA OF A
STORY (ALSO CALLED
MOTIF)
SYMBOL(ISM)
AN ORDINARY OBJECT, PERSON,
OR ANIMAL TO WHICH WE
ATTACH A MEANING
EX. EAGLE=BRAVERY, NOBILITY
LION=COURAGE
FOX OR WOLF=SLYNESS, DECEIT, TRICKERY
DONKEY=STUPIDITY
PERSONIFICATION
A FIGURE OF SPEECH WHICH GIVES
SOMETHING NON-HUMAN OR
INANIMATE HUMAN QUALITIES
EX. “THE TREES DANCED IN THE WIND.”
“THE SUN SMILED DOWN ON THE WEARY
TRAVELERS.”
TONE
THE ATTITUDE A WRITER
TAKES TOWARD A
SUBJECT, CHARACTER,
OR THE READER
KENNING
A METAPHORICAL COMPOUND WORD
OR PHRASE USED ESPECIALLY IN OLD
ENGLISH AND OLD NORSE POETRY
EXS. SWAN-ROAD FOR OCEAN; BATTLE-SWEAT FOR
BLOOD; SLAUGHTER-DEW FOR BLOOD;
SLEEP OF THE SWORD FOR DEATH; FEED THE EAGLE
FOR KILL YOUR ENEMIES; SWAN OF BLOOD FOR RAVEN;
FEEDER OF RAVENS FOR WARRIOR
ALLITERATION
THE REPETITION OF
CONSONANT SOUNDS,
ESPECIALLY AT THE
BEGINNING OF WORDS
EX. SHE SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE.
IMAGERY
THE USE OF LANGUAGE THAT
APPEALS TO ONE OR MORE OF
THE FIVE SENSES
EX. A BLUE SWEATER, A TINKLING BELL, A FUZZY PEACH
5. BEOWULF CHARACTER
CHART
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNaj7uCVPCI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMZvBjDDs9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXYU1j-Lzgw
5. BEOWULF STUDY
GUIDE
6. BEGIN READING
BEOWULF
GRENDEL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERcuUCC13ys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-PlUqv4k0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6CDqlLU6Ek
GRENDEL’S MOTHER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9sYrKfHdE
THE DRAGON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmwAdK48vg
7. COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
8. COMPLETE EPIC HERO
CHART
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF
ARCHETYPES IN THIS POEM?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF KENNINGS
IN THIS POEM?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF
ALLITERATION IN THIS POEM?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF IMAGERY IN
THIS POEM?
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SYMBOLISM
IN THIS POEM?
WATER
HEROT
SWORDS (THERE WERE 4)
BARROW
WHAT ARE SOME THEMES IN THIS POEM?
GOOD VS. EVIL
HEROISM (STRENGTH, COURAGE)
RELIGION
MORTALITY/IMMORTALITY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z--xTd1ZSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nX5l8vrBXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SiarUS3ddA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKjcoFZmKuA