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We
meet TTh 11:15 pm - 12:30 pm in Bartlett.
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WEEK
1  Introduction
Tues 29 Jan.The
Class
- Review Syllabus
and Language
Resources.
- Inflected languages
and hints for translating hand
out.
- Ensure that you
have the books. Available at Amherst
Books.
FAQ. Why are we not using Seamus Heaney's text and
translation?
Because it's not Beowulf. It's something else—something
beautiful, certainly, but something other than the original
poem. See Professor Howell Chickering's review of Heaneywulf here (2.3
MB), or at the library in Kenyon Review 24.1 (Winter 2002):160-78.
Th 31 Jan.The
Class II
- Read King
Alfred's Grammar, "How to Use this Grammar
Book," "An Introduction to Old English," "Grammar
Review: Parts of Speech," and "Grammar Review: Word
Functions."
- FYI: here's a list
of all named authors in Anglo-Saxon England.
OVERVIEW of
Assignments:
Week
1: Introduction |
in-class |
| Week
2: Arrival |
lines
1-52 |
| Week
3: Genealogies |
ll.
53-114 |
| Week
4: Grendel |
ll.
115-257 |
| Week
5: Songs of Praise |
ll.
867-990 |
| Week
6: Finnesburh |
ll.
1050-1169 |
| Week
7: Gifts |
ll.
991-1049, 1160-1191 |
| Week
8: Revenge |
ll.
1258-1309, 1321-1382 |
| Week
9: Spring Break |
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| Week
10: Fulfilling Boasts |
ll.
1383-1556 |
| Week
11: Messages and Meanings |
ll.
1557-1625, 1677-1728 |
| Week
12: Retelling the Past |
ll.
1888 ... 2119 |
| Week
13: The Dragon Rises |
ll.
2200-2336 |
| Week
14: Farewells |
ll.
2397-2459, 2631-2660 |
| Week
15: Final Battle |
ll.
2661-2751, 2809-2891 |
| Week
16: Monuments of Stone |
ll.
3071-3165 |
| Final Paper |
due
May 10 |
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