STUDY TIME!!!

All English 4 classes need to STUDY for the Anglo-Saxon Test that we are having tomorrow. Best of luck! Remember to study the info on the following things:

Anglo-Saxon and Beowulf Test Review

·         Key Terms, People, and Ideas

o   kenning

o   caesura

o   alliteration

o   epic

o   elegy

o   who brought Christianity to Anglo-Saxony
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByVKpn2OdpFAS1lOZVNHemVZUWs/edit

·         12 Steps of Hero Myth (Joseph Campbell The Hero with a Thousand Faces)

o   Order of the 12 steps

o   Personal examples of each step

o   Beowulf seen through the 12 steps
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByVKpn2OdpFAN1laaURDY1dFbVk/edit

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByVKpn2OdpFASGlNVktwNk9LalE/edit

·         How to read an Anglo-Saxon poem/elegy

o   chart from “Comparing Anglo-Saxon Texts”

o   concepts of exploring the world, individualism, and dark settings

o   labeling key literary devices

o   understanding the responsive feelings to Anglo-Saxon poetry and ideals

o   oral-tradition characteristics/problems/etc

·         Beowulf

o   basic plot and characters

§  Beowulf

§  Burton Raffel

§  Hrothgar

§  Cain

§  Grendel

§  Grendel’s Mother

§  Hrunting

§  Wiglaf

o   refer to Read-Along Questions

o   ideals and values of Anglo-Saxon Culture as shown in the epic

§  hero

§  strength

§  Godliness

§  loyalty

§  women’s role

§  boldness/speech-making