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BeowulfBeowulf the Anglo- the Anglo-SaxonSaxonEpicEpic
Mrs. Mateyka English IIIMrs. Mateyka English III
Celtic InvasionCeltic Invasion
• Beaker People• Celts – (800-600 BC)
Gaels, Picts, Scots, etc.
• Viking Raids
Roman InvasionRoman Invasion
• Romans – (55 BC – 55 AD)– Hadrians’s Wall– Left ~ 410
• Incorporated Celtic Culture
• Many Remained• Ambrousius
Aurelianus (550)
Viking InvasionViking Invasion
• Used longboats to cross oceans
• Used axes, swords and shields
Viking InvasionViking Invasion
• Longboats• Angles –
– South Danish Penninsula
• Saxons – West of Angles
• Start Settling• Weapons• Culture, stories
Making it ClearerMaking it Clearer
• Angles and Saxons tell the story in England about Danes and Geats including historic figures from 500’s
• Written down by West Saxon Scribe about 1000AD
• Vikings were Pagan, Celtic/Romans were largely Christianized
Cultural BackgroundCultural Background
• Viking Warlord Structure
• Meadhalls
• Wergild
• Wyrd
• Women’s roles
• Scop
The StructureThe Structure
• Epic– Heroic, Elegiac
• Rigid Structure, 4 stresses per line
• Stock Phrases, Tangents
• Caesura
• Alliteration
• Kennings
How it soundsHow it sounds
The StoryThe Story
• Beowulf – Geat
• Hrothgar – Dane
• Herot – Hart
• Values – Bravery, Dignity, Prowess, Boasting
• Weird and Cool Monster Story
The ManuscriptThe Manuscript
• Cotton Library – Fire
• British Library
• Copied, Preserved, X-Rayed, UV Scanned, Digitized, Uploaded
• Legal Document, Mrs. Pretty vs. British Gov’t
The The EpicEpic
Three Major Battles
One HeroTwo Settings -
Sweden and Denmark
How it sounds todayHow it sounds today
Sources of ImagesSources of Images
• http://www.osterholm.info/vikings/
• http://www.intuitivewebdesigns.com/comics/graphics/superman/index.htm
• http://www.awerty.com/beowulf2.html
• http://www.jnanam.net/beowulf_art/
• http://www.hartleyfamily.org.uk/VikingMap.jpg