【英美文学课件】-贝奥武夫-Beowulf--详细

BeowulfIntroducingtheEpicLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHeroThePoetryofBeowulf:Caesuras,Alliteration,andKenningsFeatureMenuBeowulf•thefirstgreatworkofEnglishnationalliterature.•theepicstoryoftheheroBeowulf,whofightsthedemonicmonsterGrendel.BeowulfisBeowulfIntroducingtheEpicBeowulfIntroducingtheEpicBeowulf:nephewofHiglac,kingoftheGeats.Hrothgar:kingoftheDanes.Wiglaf:aGeatwarrior,oneofBeowulf’sselectbandandtheonlyonetohelphiminhisfinalfightwiththedragon.PeopleGrendel:man-eatingmonsterwholivesatthebottomofafoulmere,ormountainlake.MonstersGrendel’smother:water-witchwhoseeksrevenge.Dragon:giantfire-breathingserpentwhomBeowulffightsinPartTwooftheepic.BeowulftakesplaceinScandinavia.PlacesScholarsthinkHerotmighthavebeenbuiltonthecoastofZealand,inDenmark.ScandinaviaBritainBeowulfIntroducingtheEpicPlacesHerot:thegoldenguesthallbuiltbyKingHrothgarwherewarriorsgatheredtocelebrate.[EndofSection]BeowulfIntroducingtheEpicTheepicheroisthecentralfigureinalongnarrativethatreflectsthevaluesandheroicidealsofaparticularsociety.Anepicisaqueststoryonagrandscale.BeowulfLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHeroBeowulfLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHeroBeowulfisoneofancientEngland’sheroes.KingArthurJoanofArcOthertimesandothercultureshavehadotherheroes.InmodernAmerica,theheromaybearealpersonorafictionalcharacter.BeowulfLiteraryFocus:TheEpicHero[EndofSection]BeowulfwascomposedinOldEnglish,whichusesacaesura,orrhythmicpause,tocreateunity.ðacomofmoreundermisthleoþumGrendelgongan,godesyrrebær;myntesemanscaðamannacynnessumnebesyrwaninseleþamhean.Linedividedintotwopartsbyacaesura.Locatethecaesuraintheselines:BeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfHerearethesamelinesinmodernEnglishfromBurtonRaffel’stranslation:Outfromthemarsh,fromthefootofmistyHillsandbogs,bearingGod’shatred,Grendelcame,hopingtokillAnyonehecouldtraponthistriptohighHerot.Punctuationreproducespauseeffectofthecaesura.BeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfTheAnglo-Saxonoralpoetalsousedthepoeticdeviceofalliteration.Grendelgongan,godesyrrebær;myntesemanscaðamannacynnesBeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfFindexamplesofalliterationinBurtonRaffel’stranslationoflines1-5:Outfromthemarsh,fromthefootofmistyHillsandbogs,bearingGod’shatred,Grendelcame,hopingtokillAnyonehecouldtraponthistriptohighHerot.BeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfThekenningisanotherpoeticdevicethatwasusedbytheoralpoet.ExamplesofkenningsfromBeowulf:gold-shininghall=Herotguardianofcrime=Grendelstrong-heartedwakefulsleeper=Beowulfcave-guardandsky-bornefoe=dragonBeowulfThePoetryofBeowulfCreatemodern-daykenningsforthingsyouseearoundyou.giverofwordsword-wand????[EndofSection]BeowulfThePoetryofBeowulf