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