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Take 20 on Beowulf 20 slides of information related to the Anglo-Saxon text Beowulf , including key literary terms and ideas. Language of Beowulf The text dates back to c.1000 Written in Old English. FUN FACT: 100 of the most used words today are Old English ones. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Take 20 on Beowulf
20 slides of information related to the Anglo-Saxon text Beowulf, including
key literary terms and ideas
Language of Beowulf
The text dates back to c.1000
Written inOld English
FUN FACT:
100 of the most used words today are Old English ones
By Wordle.net
Language of Beowulf
Words a people havetell us of their concerns.in the text of Beowulfthe Anglo-Saxons have 36 words for "hero"
12 words for "battle"
11 words for "ship"
By asteri611 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722563@N05/4457516945/
ANGO-SAXON LITERATURE
scop -minstrel poet who performed poetry in the oral tradition at feasts
ANLGO-SAXON LITERATURE
caesura –mid-line pause in a verse
Thus, the Spear-Danes in days gone byand the kings who ruled them had courageWe have heard of their heroic campaignsThere was Shield Sheafson, scourge of many,a wrecker of mead benches, plundering foes.
ANLGO-SAXON LITERATURE
alliteration – repetition of letter sounds
The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar.friends and kinsmen flocked to his ranks, young followers, a force that grew to be a mighty army.
The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar.friends and kinsmen flocked to his ranks, young followers, a force that grew to be a mighty army.
So his mind turnedto hall-building: he handed down ordersfor men to work on a great mead hallmeant to be the wonder of the world forever; it would be his throne-room
ANLGO-SAXON LITERATURE
kenning – concise compound metaphors
By Andrew Becraft at http://www.flickr.com/photos/12426416@N00/220636733/
ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE
epic – long narrative poem, written in a formal style, about a hero, who represents the ideals of a people
“Thor” By Sarai Mitnik at http://www.flickr.com/photos/78583096@N00/3998600562/“Celtic Cross” By Billy Ker at http://www.flickr.com/photos/49359663@N00/148982511/“Esus on The Pillar of the Boatmen.” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Pilier_des_Nautes_01.JPG
Beowulfis a pre-Christian storywritten by a Christian monk, so we see the transition of Anglo-Saxons from Norse and Celtic polytheismto Christianity
wyrd – Anglo-Saxon concept of fate
By Drowned Man at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26936744@N06/3529991364/
FUN FACT:
We still honor these Norse-Celtic gods. How?
TIU, WODEN, THOR, FRIA
By Andrew Becraft at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/103721206/
mead – alcoholic drink of fermented ale and honey
By Charles Youngs
Anglo-Saxon drinking cups
wyrd – Anglo-Saxon concept of fate
2008 Regia Anglorum Photo used by permission courtesy of www.regia .org.
meadhall – center of Anglo-Saxon social life
Oseberg Viking Ship 9th C
By Karen P. at http://www.flickr.com/photos/10414249@N08/2990787238/
By Rachel H at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelmouse/2745343992, and http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagelmouse/2744507525
Saxon Clasp and Hinge
Notice the artistry in design of metal and semi-precious gems
Sword hilt and brooch -- 600s
By Kotomi Yamamura at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/2661510037/in/photostream/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/2662335562
Also of note:Book of Kellsc. 800
The Gospel, or first 4 books of the New Testament
illuminated manuscript –text supplemented with decoration: initials, borders, marginalia, etc.
Beowulf is not an illuminated manuscript
ANGO-SAXON LITERATURE
Venerable Bede
monk who wrote History of English Church and People
By Robert Scarth at http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_scarth/2468987080/
This a page from The History of the English Church and People
What type of text is it?
QUIZ: Define these terms related to Anglo- Saxon Literature. Can you name an example?
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSCOPCAESURA ALLITERATIONKENNINGEPIC
By Matthew Sylvester at http://www.flickr.com/photos/62779770@N00/2562738982/