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Introduction to LTEN 21
I. Ways to think about over 800 years of literary history
II. How to deal with so many centuries of literary history: course mechanics
III. Why read this stuff? Or, The Canon and Its Discontents
IV. Beowulf
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Course website
http://www.medievallit.org/
Change: Holiday on Nov. 11. Corrections on website
Friday section by arrangement
Slides for lecture will be posted linked to their date in syllabus. I will post for the week over the weekend
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Penguin Beowulf
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Norton A
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Norton B
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Bedford Glossary
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I. Ways to think about over 800 years of literary history
Linguistic Divisions Anglo-Saxon or Old English Middle English “Modern English”
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I. Ways to think about over 800 years of literary history
Literary Divisions Anglo-Saxon or Old English Literature Middle English Literature The Early Modern Period, aka The
Renaissance
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3. The Early Modern Period, aka The Renaissance
a.The Elizabethan Age: reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
b.Jacobean Age: Reign of James I (1603-25)
c. Caroline Age: Charles I (1625-49)
d.Commonwealth period (1649-1660)
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II. How to deal with so many centuries of literary history: course mechanics
See Syllabus
Accomodation
Email notification
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III. Why read this stuff? Or, The Canon and Its Discontents
What is “the canon”? Why is it controversial?
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IV. Beowulf
Why the Alexander translation? The Beowulf Manuscript—Cotton Vitellius
A.xv (handout)
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Some questions to consider about Beowulf for next week’s lectures
How many major parts are there to Beowulf? Where do you see the poem breaking into
major movements or episodes? What elements characterize the poem’s
style? How is metaphor used? How is “the hero” defined in Beowulf?
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Thinksheet One for LTEN 21
Due at the beginning of your section during week one. Pick one of the following scenes in Beowulf. In two paragraphs describe how you would adapt these lines to
a film version: In one paragraph describe how you would film this moment in
the text in a screen adaptation. Then, in the next paragraph, explain what element of the text
(mood, character, imagery or theme, for example) that your decisions as a director are meant to convey. This assignment should be no longer than one single-spaced typed page.
Scenes: Lines 229-257 Lines 1278-1308. Lines 3147-3152
Please note, casting Angelina Jolie in your version will very likely lower your grade!!!!!
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Names, places and terms, dates to know for Beowulf
(Don’t forget the helpful appendix pages in your penguin paperback.) Beowulf the Geat, son of Edgetheow Hrothgar Grendel Scyld Shefing Grendel’s Mother Unferth Dragon Wealhtheow Wiglaf Cain and Abel Hygelac Heremod Danes and Geats Heorot Lay of Finn (Fight at Finnsburg–story of Hildeburgh) oral-formulaic poetry; kenning; caesura; alliteration
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The experience of Beowulf
Beowulf tape—Grendel’s attack
Benjamin Bagby (1:08)