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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:
- ______________________________________________
- ______________________________________________
Mingling
of Two Traditions:
- __________________________________________________
- __________________________________________________
Interpretation:
Anglo-Saxon Ideals:
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
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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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