Pre-Beowulf internet beginning
Introductory net search. This material need not be downloaded or printed. But you do have the following questions to answer from the given URLs. Some questions require you to read beyond the original page. Don't short yourself.
Check out the following sites and answer the accompanying questions. This work is due at the beginning of the period tomorrow before we begin with Beowulf.
Resources for the Study of Beowulf
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html
Why is Beowulf important?
What controversy has developed over the story?
What is the Scandinavian connection?
List one Beowulf reference resource.
Why Read Beowulf?
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/1999-03/yeager.html
Give three reasons (according to Yeager) why Beowulf may be important.
The Illustrated Beowulf
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf/Default.htm
Assuming that this is a good representation of Beowulf, give a summary of the epic. (50-100 words)
Anglo-Saxon background for the culture of Beowulf. Print in portrait orientation (download)
Lines 1 -606 - Print in landscape orientation. On back of page list 5 examples of kenning and what each means.
Lines 607 - 1250 - Print in portrait orientation. On back of page list 5 examples of kenning and what each means.
Lines 1251 - 1913 - Print in landscape orientation. On back of page list 5 examples of kenning and what each means.
Lines 1914 - 2538 - Print in portrait orientation. On back of page list 5 examples of kenning and what each means.
Lines 2539 - end - Print in portrait orientation. On back of page list 5 examples of kenning and what each means.
This assignment need not be downloaded or printed, but you will have questions to answer in connection with the given sites in connection with Beowulf.
Now that you are supposed to have finished reading, the following sites must be read and worked with. Each site has some work attached to it and you may do this work in pairs. This work is due tomorrow.
Beowulf ond Godsylla
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf/godsylla.html
Rewrite the parody in current English.
Sutton Hoo
List the 10 sites you can identify on the Interactive Tour.
Da Engliscan Gesithas
www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/index.html
What is today’s date in the Anglo-Saxon calendar? (Barstow coordinates are 117’ 0” and 34’58”—Make sure you enter properly.)
Composition topics of discussion -
This does not need to be downloaded, but topics are for discussion and lengthy essay answers as the result of a group discussion.
