BEOWULF “THE OLDEST OF THE GREAT LONG POEMS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH” RANFIS SANDOVAL M.A. Beowulf is the first surviving epic written in the English language. The single existing…

1. By: Ali Bhatti, Tommy Wolinski, Joe Lee, and Andrew Cho The archaeology behind beowulf 2. The big picture: Our purposeThe archaeological discovery of Sutton Hoo, along…

1. By: Ali Bhatti, Tommy Wolinski, Joe Lee, and Andrew Cho The archaeology behind beowulf 2. The big picture: Our purposeThe archaeological discovery of Sutton Hoo, along…

1. THE ARCHAEOLOGY BEHIND BEOWULF By: Ali Bhatti, Tommy Wolinski, Joe Lee, and Andrew Cho 2. THE BIG PICTURE: OUR PURPOSE• The archaeological discovery of Sutton Hoo, along…

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Slide 1Beowulf Text and Context Slide 2 Beowulf ► The Old English language was mostly spoken, but it did have highly developed poetry and prose; the most famous of course,…

Slide 1 Slide 2 + BEOWULF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =v9qpqyO_dmU Slide 3 + Anglo-Saxon Period The Anglo-Saxon period is the earliest recorded time period in English…

Slide 1 Anglo-Saxon (Beowulf) Review Slide 2 Background ► Composed around 700 A.D. ► The story had been in circulation as an oral narrative for many years before it was…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Setting for Beowulf Slide 3 Settlement of Britain by the Germanic Tribes Slide 4 Anglo-Saxon Period The Anglo-Saxon period is the earliest recorded time period…

Slide 1 BEOWULF Slide 2 Beowulf’s origins are mysterious. While we do not know the identity of the author, and we are unsure of its precise date of composition, most scholars…