Revision Literary history / what to study

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Literary history

Revision & What to study

Topics

• Old English Beowulf (author unknown)
  
• Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales

       - General Prologue: The Wife of Bath & The Monk
       -  Story: The Wife of Bath’s Tale

• The Renaissance Christopher Marlowe – Dr. Faustus
  
• Elizabethan Period William Shakespeare – Sonnets 18 & 130
  

What to study

- Study the PowerPoints and LessonUp presentations (and the information on the websites that are referred to) (Google Classroom!)

- Study your answers to the extract questions (Literary history booklet!)

- Study your notes

- Study the handouts & your annotations – look at themes/implied meaning/atmosphere /characterization / language

Important

- You should be able to apply the knowledge from the PowerPoints/LessonUp presentations/your notes.

- Do not study exact dates but you should know what certain events set in motion, how it changed the language and/or the way people looked at religion/culture/life.

- You should know the characteristics of each time period and make sure you know how to recognise them in a text, you will have to apply that knowledge.

- You should know the characteristics of the different text types we have discussed and make sure you’re able to indicate stylistic devices.

- Ensure you know what the most important elements of an annotated text are and prepare for analysis of a part of the discussed texts.

Sample test question

1. Which Germanic tribes invaded England in the 5th century? Name two.

2. Describe in your own words what is happening in extract 

3. Identify a stylistic device and explain the effect.

Extract 1 

The infamous killer fought


For his freedom, wanting no flesh but retreat,


Desiring nothing but escape; his claws

Had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot

Was a miserable journey for the writhing monster!


The high hall rang, its roof boards swayed,

And Danes shook with terror. Down


The aisles the battle swept, angry 


And wild. Herot trembled, wonderfully


Built to withstand the blows, the struggling


Great bodies beating at its beautiful walls;


Shaped and fastened with iron, inside


And out, artfully worked, the building

Stood firm.

Revision Stylistic devices

Kahoot

https://create.kahoot.it/details/stylistic-devices/0304b266-5348-400b-949e-8b0af85967e4

Quizlet

https://quizlet.com/_5ez6cc?x=1jqt&i=1nw6m3

Group Work

Design a poster or revision handout that clearly visualises, summarizes and explains the most important information about the period and the literary work.  Upload your work to Classroom.

https://www.canva.com/infographics/templates/

Think about the following:

•  Context
• Questions/Discussion
•  Form / Genre
•  Characteristics
•  Themes
•  Plot / Characters
•  Stylistic devices

 

Groups - online

GROUP 1: Old English Beowulf (author unknown)

GROUP 2: Middle English Context / Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales

GROUP 3: Middle English The Wife of Bath / The Monk 

GROUP 4: The Renaissance Context

GROUP 5: The Renaissance Play: Christopher Marlowe – Dr. Faustus

GROUP 6: Context + Elizabethan period Shakespeare’s sonnet 18

GROUP 7: Context + Elizabethan period Shakespeare’s sonnet 130

Groups - at school

GROUP 1: Old English Context + Beowulf (author unknown)

GROUP 2: Middle English Context + Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales

GROUP 3: The Renaissance Context + Play: Christopher Marlowe – Dr. Faustus

 GROUP 4: Elizabethan period Context + Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 + 130

Quiz

Come up with a question about any of the literary periods or works (with the correct answer)

I will create a quiz with your questions.