Schedule

We meet M 7:00 pm - 9:50 pm.

WEEK 4 Grendel

Monday 18 Feb. Monsters

• Get caught up in translations.
• TRANS 115a-188b (Fitt II).
• Beowulf Manuscript online now!

 

Second Half: Digressions & Liedertheorie

• TRANS 115a-188b (Fitt II);
• K, Intro, section VI (pp. lxxix–xci);
• First translation due (link to assignment).
• Paper 1 due in three weeks. Topic here.

Why is there a shore guard in this poem? What purpose does he serve? What is the worth of wisdom? How does it serve a man, and how is it passed on? Why are there such gods as Loki, and such creatures as Grendel? What view of the world must Anglo-Saxons entertain that accounts for unreedemable creatures and gods? OE Language: Articles and Nouns: kA, ch. 9; OEA § 6.