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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

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Have you ever had stories

told to you, at night, by

the fireside?

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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

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Medieval Literature

The formal tradition, the courtly tradition and the popular tradition side by side… or…Hand in hand?

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A Medieval Epic

in Old English:

BeowolfA heroHis brave deedsHis superhuman powerA monsterThe monster’s mother

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX--9m-OvoI

Beowulf

2007

In 6 minutes

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyAanB83Ke0

Beowulf

2007

Trailer

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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

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And here is an amusing, simple summary of Beowulf.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGkf5_NQNY&feature=related

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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.

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Here is

Chaucer,

telling

a story…

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…to

King

Richard III…

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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).

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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.