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““EPIC!”EPIC!”Epic, what does it
mean to you?
Hero w/ battles and journeysCeremony, giving of giftsBoasting dialogueParallelismsSymbolic descriptions
epithets, kenningsLong sentences with repeated patterns
Anglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon
450-1100450-1100
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• Britain a conquered land– No one, strong king or leader– Constant battles, unrest, and upheaval– No focal point for loyalty
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• Anglo-Saxon Invasion
• Where we begin
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• Christian Missionaries land at Kent. It begins to spread.
• Irish mission (St. Patrick)
• (Xty influences stability and leadership of the land…still, civil unrest remains)
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• Viking Invasion and raids
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• Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex.
• Finally, a leader!• …400 yrs. later…
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• Norman Conquest of William the Conqueror defeating Harold at Hastings and becomes king of England.
• Major turning point in life and times.– Departure from Warrior Society
LiteratureLiterature
• Oral tradition
• Epic poems, Lyric poems
• Elegy (death poem)
• Hagiography (lives of saints)
• Riddle like Kennings (all kennings are a metaphor, but not all metaphors are kennings)
CultureCulture
• Nomadic (Transitoriness)
• Warrior society
• Pagan vs. Christian (fate vs. God)
• Values (courage, endurance)
• Social groupings
• Might made right
• Unsettled , literally and figuratively
BEOWULFBEOWULF
• Danes (Denmark)– Heorot– Hrothgar
• Geats (Sweden)– Beowulf– Scyld
• Monsters– Grendel– Grendel’s Mom/Dam– Fire Worm (dragon) From: http://www.beowulfmovie.com/
Versions & Similar StoriesVersions & Similar Stories• “13th Warrior” with Antonio Banderas –
awesome one (Based on a Michael Chriton book, Eaters of the Dead)
• “Beowulf” w/ Angela Jolie (2007)
• 1999 “Beowulf” with Christian Lambert - sci-fi re-telling
• “Beowulf and Grendel” with Gerard Butler –best one
Warrior SocietyWarrior Society