V4, week 5 (2021)

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V4, week 5

Today

How are you?

Literature in general

Beowulf - Epic Poem

Your literature assignment

Grammar this term

Homework time

How do you feel today?

-1100

Literature

Importance of literature

Literary timeline

Old/middle English

Renaissance

Enlightenment

Romanticism

Realism (naturalism)

Modernism

Post-modernism

Literary movements

From longer, singular movements to multiple movements at the same time

  

Literature (art in general) is created in reaction to other things

The influence of technology

Literature as a means to express your (people’s) journey and voice

Teaches us about many many things

Our focus is on Beowulf 6th century. What was its literary movement?

1. Romanticism
2. Realism
3. Old English
4. Renaissance

First epic poem, what is an Epic?

Beowulf: fun facts

- Old!! Anglo-Saxon literature

- Author: unknown

- When written: unknown

- Before the printing press
- Only one manuscript

- Inspiration for modern writers/filmmakers/etc.

- HERO: Beowulf who fights 3 monsters

So far so clear?

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What takes place in 'The real world'

1. Status Quo / call to adventure / Assistance / departure - crossing threshold
2. Trials / approach / Crisis /Treasure / result
3. Return / new life /resolution

Hero's journey assignment of your journal:

What do the steps mean? Explain by giving examples of a story of a hero you know 

(Star Wars... Harry Potter)

Status Quo

Call to adventure

Assistance

Departure

Trials

Approach

Crisis

Treasure

Result

Return

New life

Resolution

The assignment:

Your presentation will include:

- A summary of your part of the text

- An explanation of the monomyth as seen in your part of the story

- Connect a cultural/historical theme to the text

- An analysis of your part of the text through several literary concepts

- Short (1-2 min) performance (or film) by you of a part of your text

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ADqq_9jMgaeRK10YwEpWmhSkjyVNn-J2nQPrZdf7JZc/edit

Cultural/historical themes

1. The Heroic Code

2. Modern heroes in comparison to Beowulf

3. Real-world placement of the story

4. Women in the story/women during the time the story was written

5. Anglo-Saxon riddles

6. Manuscripts

7. The Epic poem

8. Good vs evil

9. Loyalty and Hierarchy

10. Battle, winning and defeat

11. Different types of Kings

The literary concepts

Suspense

= Tension, excitement, movement in the story

Narration

=The way in which a story is told

Location and time

= Where and when the story takes place, and why that is important to the story

How to go about grammar....

Choose from the different tasks 

'THE GRAMMAR ASSIGNMENT' (on the SPELO)

Plan to work on this task for the coming 2-3 weeks.

Present what you did in week 7

Time for homework:

Complete the document: group members + theme + chapter

Work on pg. 4-7 of your Beowulf journal

Decide on your grammar task!