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Beowulf Notes

Beowulf Background

Literary Terms:

Epic:

Kenning:

Caesura:

Alliteration:

History (see Sword of Time handout)

Events took place: _______________

Composed: ____________

Written: __________________

Published: ________________

Importance in English Literature:

Only complete _______________ poem of any length from __________________ period

Only surviving ________________ of a people who produced Shakespeare and Chaucer

Written by: _______________________

Where does the story take place?

Structure:

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Mingling of Two Traditions:

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Interpretation:

            Anglo-Saxon Ideals:

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Important Terms:

Primary Epic:

Scop:

Sarum:

Comitatus:

Wergild:

Wyrd:

People and Terms of the Poem to Know:

Mead

Mead Hall

Hrothgar

Heorot

Geats

Beowulf

Grendel

Wiglaf

Scyldings

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