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INTRODUCTION. MEDIEVAL LITERATURE. Have you ever had stories told to you, at night, by the fireside?. Examples of present day epic singers and tribal storytellers. INDIA Hindu Temple Fire Dance Storytelling about the Hindu Monkey King God Hanuman - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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INTRODUCTION
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
Have you ever had stories
told to you, at night, by
the fireside?
Examples of present day epic singers and tribal storytellers INDIA Hindu Temple Fire Dance Storytelling about the Hindu Monkey King God Hanuman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0erfEThNw
TIBET Epic storytelling about the hero Gesar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv8IxLw3NWs&feature=related
AUSTRALIAStorytelling during a coming-of-age ceremonyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwR8BA_5Sd4
THE THREE RAVENS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv19-vagxuI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsv2S63HYqM&playnext=1&list=PL6A0179BE603E9B95&feature=results_video
Image source: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/735/735583p1.html
Medieval Literature
The formal tradition, the courtly tradition and the popular tradition side by side… or…Hand in hand?
A Medieval Epic
in Old English:
BeowolfA heroHis brave deedsHis superhuman powerA monsterThe monster’s mother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX--9m-OvoI
Beowulf
2007
In 6 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyAanB83Ke0
Beowulf
2007
Trailer
Performer Benjamin Bagby,
with his Anglo Saxon harp,
narrating the beginning of
Beowulf in Old English..
In the old way…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13cES7MMd8
And here is an amusing, simple summary of Beowulf.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGkf5_NQNY&feature=related
THE CANTERBURY TALES inChaucer’s Middle English
French fabliaux, which are comic stories in verse, the Roman de la Rose, one of the most influential and famous poems of the Middle Ages, and Boccaccio’s Decameron, a long work with many tales, were some of the important influences on Chaucer’s genius when composing the Canterbury Tales—his portrayal of the tale telling game that went on during pilgrimages in his times.
The question is, who is telling the tale? Chaucer? His characters?And, does he really mean it, or is it a tongue-in-cheek message?
Source:William, Robert. Chainani, Soman ed. *The Canterbury Tales Study Guide : Literature in the Middle Ages*. GradeSaver, 30 November 2008 Web. 18 March 2012.
Here is
Chaucer,
telling
a story…
…to
King
Richard III…
…in
1415.
Source:http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucerport.htm
A video peek:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SRQxGq0m3c
Some great websites:http://www.canterburytales.org/http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/section26/ http://www.siue.edu/~ejoy/eng404syllabusfall03.htm
Listen to Middle English:The prologue to The Canterbury Tales.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOMU
And read, side by side, Middle English and Modern English versions.
http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html
Next to the word EDITION you must select ENFACE ME-MO (Middle English next to Modern English).
And what about the patient chronicler, the Venerable Bede, who lived around the year 700?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Bede-Penguin-Classics/dp/014044727X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1332533353&sr=8-7
Take a look inside this Amazon book about St. Bede´s times.
A video about THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, by Venerable Bedehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9u243QirRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5O0v3Rkeg0 A two-minute video about Saint Bede´s life an d work.