Slide 1Beowulf Introducing the Epic Literary Focus: The Epic Hero The Poetry of Beowulf: Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings Feature Menu Slide 2 Beowulf Slide 3 the first…
Slide 1 Introduction to Beowulf Slide 2 Defining the Epic An epic is a long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a legendary hero in pursuit of a goal of national…
Slide 1 Epics and Epic Heroes Slide 2 What is an Epic? Epic Epic – a long narrative piece that celebrates a hero’s deeds. Oral in tradition, dating back to preliterate…
Beowulf Unknown Poet Beowulf Beowulf Germanic traditional epic Specifically Anglo-Saxon Warring culture 3,000 line epic poem First literary composition in the English Language…
Beowulf Introducing the Epic Literary Focus: The Epic Hero The Poetry of Beowulf: Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings Feature Menu Beowulf Beowulf Introducing the Epic the…
Beowulf Unknown Poet Beowulf Beowulf Germanic traditional epic Specifically Anglo-Saxon Warring culture 3,000 line epic poem First literary composition in the English Language…
Beowulf Introducing the Epic Literary Focus: The Epic Hero The Poetry of Beowulf: Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings Feature Menu Beowulf Beowulf Introducing the Epic the…