CP English 12

9.16.14 – 9.19.14

ASSIGNMENTS

Due Wednesday, September 17: Typed poem: Requirements for EITHER poem:

Minimum of 10 lines; 5 lines have examples of alliteration; 2 kennings in the poem; Title, double spaced

You may turn in both poems typed for 10 points of extra credit.

Thursday, September 11: ANGLO – SAXON TEST

Tuesday, September 16

Chain of Being: PowerPoint on On-Line Classroom

Wednesday, September 17

Poems due: Test Review—bring questions to class

Thursday, September 18

Anglo-Saxon Literature Test

Friday September 19

Introduction to Medieval Period

Monday, September 22

Report to POD: Articles of Confederation

REVIEW SUGGESTIONS:

Text Pages:

  • Review your outlines and quiz over the Anglo-Saxon period
  • Review class notes over the Anglo-Saxons from PowerPoint (also posted in the On-Line classroom)
  • Know highlighted words in readings and Anglo-Saxon terms
  • Questions on Beowulf, “The Seafarer, The Wife’s Lament
  • Chain of Being (PowerPoint posted)

caesura: (Latin: "a cutting") A break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated, usually, by the natural rhythm of the language…In [Old English] verse the caesura was used to indicate the half line.

epic: A long narrative poem on a great and serious subject, related in an elevated style, and centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure on whose actions depends the fate of a tribe, a nation, or the human race.

Epic Conventions:

A. The hero is a figure of great national or even cosmic importance, usually the ideal man of his culture. He often has superhuman or divine traits. He has an imposing physical stature and is greater in all ways than the common man.

B. The setting is vast in scope. It covers great geographical distances, perhaps even visiting the underworld, other worlds, other times.

C. The action consists of deeds of valor or superhuman courage (especially in battle).

D. Supernatural forces interest themselves in the action and intervene at times. The intervention of the gods is called "machinery."

kenning: The term derives from the use of the Old Norse verb kenna 'to know, recognize'…It is a device for introducing descriptive color or for suggesting associations without distracting attention from the essential statement. (example: helmberend—"helmet bearer" = "warrior"

scop: composers and storytellers of Anglo-Saxon poetry: the entertainment of Anglo-Saxon times. They were to know a repertoire of tales and be able to compose tales of tribute to the patrons who financed them.

alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds to create a rhythm and meaning (“. . . make good the gift of the war-gear”)