Studyguide.org           

     A Web Site for Mrs. Adams' English Classes            

Homepage

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:

  1. ______________________________________________

  2. ______________________________________________

 

Mingling of Two Traditions:

  1. __________________________________________________

  2. __________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

Interpretation:

            Anglo-Saxon Ideals:

1.      _________________________________________________

2.      _________________________________________________

3.      __________________________________________________

4.      __________________________________________________

5.      __________________________________________________

6.      __________________________________________________

7.      __________________________________________________

8.      __________________________________________________

9.      _________________________________________________

10.  _________________________________________________

 

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

 

 

 

 

Hit Counter folks have visited this page since its initial upload on September 7, 2003

Questions?  adams@studyguide.org