Beowulf

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Beowulf

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Beowulf
  • Epic poem
  • Oldest surviving English poem
  • Told in the land of the Vikings
  • Written down in England in Old English around 1000 AD, writer unknown
  • Before that, passed down by storytelling 
  • Some characters in the story actually existed, others were made up
  • Made up of 3182 lines. How could people learn this story by heart?

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Beowulf
  • EPIC POETRY
  • Long narrative poem (but quite short)
  • Written in an elevated style, boombastic
  • Celebrates deed of a legendary hero or God
  • External Conflict, when a character struggles against some outside force person nature society or fate.
  • Superficial characters
  • Straight forward (monster-slay-treasure)

Slide 3 - Diapositive

Slide 4 - Vidéo

How far back in time could you go and still understand the English that people are speaking and writing?
A
A thousand years
B
A hundred years
C
Depending on how good you are at English: between 200 and 400 years
D
I don't even understand what you're saying now.

Slide 5 - Quiz

Slide 6 - Vidéo

The story
  • Hero: Beowulf
  • Bravery
  • Adventure
  • Superhuman deeds: killing monsters and dragons

Slide 7 - Diapositive

The story
Setting
  • Heorot (Denmark)
  • Geatland (Sweden)
  • Geats

Slide 8 - Diapositive

Slide 9 - Vidéo

The hero of the story 
The monster that must be defeated
The name of the king Beowulf sets out to help
The second monster that Beowulf has to fight
The name of the mead hall that is being terrorised by the monster
The third monster that Beowulf has to fight
Heorot
Beowulf
Grendel
Grendel's mother
Hrothgar
A nameless dragon

Slide 10 - Question de remorquage

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Slide 12 - Diapositive